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GE Dash 8.5-40CW
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 2016· former diesel-electric locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS 8500 Salisbury: Nstrainman1006· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The GE Dash 8.5-40CW was a 6-axle a 4,000 hp (2,800 kW) diesel-electric locomotive originally built by GE Transportation Systems, rebuilt by Norfolk Southern at its shops in Roanoke, Virginia. The first locomotive started rebuild 2012, with eleven more being rebuilt until 2016. The locomotive is designed to meet Tier 2 emissions standards.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 3 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 8 years (2012–2020).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- in service from
- 2012
- retired
- 2020
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
- operators
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 21.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25110681, Wikipedia: GE Dash 8.5-40CW (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.