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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS 8801 GE C40-9: John Mueller· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Norfolk Southern 8764 (2791019427): Emmett Tullos from Jackson AL, United States· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The GE Dash 9-40C, also called a C40-9, was a 4,000-horsepower (3,000 kW) diesel locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania, between January 1995 and March 1995. The C40-9 was equipped with the 16-cylinder 7FDL-16 prime mover which is rated at a lower power than the 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) GE Dash 9-44CW that debuted a year earlier in 1994. It featured GE's direct current B13B traction motors.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 3 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.3 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
- 1995
- retired
- 2018
- status
- retired
- number built
- 125
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- length
- 22.3 m
- weight
- 186 t
- nicknames
- Top Hats
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513275, Wikipedia: GE Dash 9-40C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.