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GE U36B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1969· B-B diesel-electric locomotive
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- 1. CSX 5701 at Atlanta, GA on June 10, 1987 (22146019343): railfan 44· Public domain
what is it?
The GE U36B is a four-axle 3,600 hp (2.7 MW) B-B diesel-electric locomotive produced by General Electric from 1969 to 1974. It was primarily used by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and its successors, although thirteen provided the power for the original Auto Train. The U36B was the last GE high-horsepower universal series locomotive.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 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
- 1969–1974
- number built
- 125
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 123 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513313, Wikipedia: GE U36B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.