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GE U25C
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1963· diesel locomotive built by General Electric
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BN U25C 5603: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Pennsylvania Railroad U25C: Noé Alfaro· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The U25C is a diesel locomotive built by General Electric intended for the United States domestic market. Launched in September 1963, it remained in production until December 1965.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1963–1965
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 113
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513302, Wikipedia: GE U25C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.