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GE U18B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1973· American diesel-electric locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NIAX 407 at Medina station, July 2002: User:BMRR· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. Seaboard Coast Line SBD 1982 (U18B) (10583554173): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
what is it?
The GE U18B diesel-electric locomotive was introduced by GE Transportation as a branch line road switcher locomotive in 1973. It was the only North American locomotive powered by the 8-cylinder 7FDL engine. The U18B was not a popular seller with GE only making 163 of them, and they were mostly purchased by Maine Central and Seaboard Coast Line.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1976
- retired
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 163
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- operators
- Maine Central Railroad Company, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.5 m
- nicknames
- Baby Boats
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16787414, Wikipedia: GE U18B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.