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GE Dash 8-44CW
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1993· diesel-electric locomotive
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what is it?
The GE C44-8W is a 4,400 hp (3,280 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania, part of the GE Dash 9 Series of freight locomotives. These are considered to be pre-production testbed models of the GE Dash 9 series, utilizing the frame, trucks, and carbody from a GE C40-8W. These were delivered exclusively for CSX Transportation. The term "C44-8W" is mostly an unofficial term, as these are officially designated as "C44-9Ws" on the locomotive cab sides.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 3.3 MW is about 39 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1993–1994
- in service from
- 1993
- number built
- 53
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- CSX Transportation
- top speed
- —
- power
- 3.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 21.3 m
- weight
- 193 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513273, Wikipedia: GE Dash 8-44CW (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.