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what is it?
The GE Genesis (officially trademarked GENESIS) is a series of passenger diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation for Amtrak, Metro-North, and Via Rail between 1992 and 2001. A total of 321 units were produced. Designed to meet Amtrak's specifications, the Genesis series is 14 feet 4 inches (4.37 m) tall.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
- 3.2 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992–2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- 321
- kind
- Diesel–electric or dual-mode
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- Amtrak, Metro-North Railroad, Via Rail, CTrail, New Jersey Transit
- top speed
- 177 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (P32AC-DM)
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 21 m
- weight
- 122 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q432842, Wikipedia: GE Genesis (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.