GE U36C

what is it?

The GE U36C is a 3600 hp diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems. The length of the locomotive was 67 ft 3 in (20.50 m), standard for U30C, U33C, U34CH, U36C, U36CG, C30-7 and C36-7. The U36C also had steel capped pistons.

base stats

• power 2.7 MWpower output
• built 238made 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 55 years ago, in 1971.
• 🚗2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1971–1975

number built

238

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

GE Transportation, General Electric

top speed

—

power

2.7 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

C-C

length

20.4 m

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