GE U28C

what is it?

The U28C locomotive was developed by General Electric from the U25C, with a slight increase in power of 300 hp (224 kW). A passenger-hauling variant, the U28CG, was also produced for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

who runs it

LALouisville and Nashville RailroadSPSouthern Pacific Transportation CompanyCBChicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadNorthern Pacific RailwayPennsylvania RailroadUnion Pacific Railroad

base stats

• power 2.1 MWpower output
• built 71made 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 60 years ago, in 1966.
• 🚗2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏19.5 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

1966

status

preserved

number built

71

kind

Diesel

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

GE Transportation, General Electric

operators

Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Northern Pacific Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad

top speed

—

power

2.1 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

C-C

length

19.5 m

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

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