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what is it?
The GE U33B is a diesel-electric locomotive that was offered by GE between 1966 and 1970, featuring a 16-cylinder motor. It is part of the GE Universal Series It is 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) long. From the U30B, the U33B gave an additional 300 horsepower to the traction motors.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.3 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
- 1966–1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 137
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513310, Wikipedia: GE U33B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.