#6270
GE Dash 9 Series
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· series of American diesel-electric locomotive models
_(cropped).jpg)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5518: User:Morven· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BNSF 4638 in Berwyn (30780492767) (cropped): aqua scissors· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Dash 9 Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation. It replaced the Dash 8 Series in the mid-1990s, and was superseded by the Evolution Series in the mid-2000s. Dash 9 series locomotives are some of the most common in the United States.
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
- 3.8 MW is about 45 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 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
- —
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, UGL Rail
- operators
- See text
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 3.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C (C40-9
- length
- 22.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q503769, Wikipedia: GE Dash 9 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.