GE U25C

GE U25C
Burlington Northern Railroad U25C #5603.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model U25C Build date September 1963 – December 1965 Total produced 113
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 64' 6" Prime mover GE FDL-16 Generator GE GT 598
Performance figures Power output 2,500 hp (1,860 kW)
Career Locale United States

The U25C was General Electric's first six-axle road switcher intended for the United States domestic market. Launched in September 1963, it remained in production until December 1965. It was replaced by the U28C.

Original buyers

Owner	Quantity	Numbers	Notes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	21	3000–3020	to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 2100–2120; 19 to Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	12	550–561	to Burlington Northern 5630–5641
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad	2	2500–2501
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	18	1500–1517	1518–1525 ex Oro Dam
Northern Pacific Railway	30	2500–2529	to Burlington Northern 5600–5629
Oro Dam Project, California	10	8010–8019	8 later to Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1518–1525, 8010 and 8016 wrecked
Pennsylvania Railroad	20	6500–6519	to Penn Central 6500–6519; to Conrail 6500–6519; renumbered 6800–6819

Preservation

The only U25C preserved is Lake Superior and Ishpeming #2501 displayed in Marquette, Michigan.

References

• Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972. Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-258-2.
• "General Electric U25C" by Diesel Era Staff from Diesel Era Volume 4 Number 1 January/February 1993, pages 34-53.

External links

• Sarberenyi, Robert. U25C Original Owners