GE Dash 9-44CW

what is it?

The GE C44-9W is a 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania. Keeping in tradition with GE's locomotive series nicknames beginning with the "Dash 7" of the 1970s, the C44-9W was dubbed the Dash 9 upon its debut in 1993. Part of GE's "Dash 9" series of locomotives, the Dash 9-44CW shares its frame, HiAd trucks, 16-cylinder 7FDL engine, and 752AH-31 traction motors with the GE Dash 9-40CW. But while the more common 9-44CW offers 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW), software in the 9-40CW's engine-governing unit restricts its power output to 4,000 horsepower (3,000 kW).

who runs it

base stats

• speed 119 km/htop speed
• power 3.3 MWpower output
• weight 193 tin working order
• built 3,668made in total

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).
• 📏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

1993–2004

number built

3,668

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

GE Transportation

operators

Various, see table

top speed

119 km/h

power

3.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Co′Co′

length

22.3 m

weight

193 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.