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GE U50C
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1969· model of 40 American 5000-hp Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives built for Union Pacific
what is it?
The GE U50C was a 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems. Each was powered by two 2,500 hp (1,860 kW) diesel engines.
who runs it
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.
- 3.7 MW is about 44 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 24.1 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
- 1969–1971
- retired
- 1978
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- Union Pacific Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 3.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 24.1 m
- nicknames
- U-Boats
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513317, Wikipedia: GE U50C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.