GE C36-7
| GE C36-7 | |
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 Union Pacific 588 was a General Electric Model C36-7, modified and designated internally as the C36M. Photo: Houston Texas, 2000.
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| Numbering: | various |
| Number: | 599 |
| Manufacturer: |
GE Transportation Systems , GE do Brazil A Goninan & Co |
| Year of construction (s): | 1978-1989 |
| Axis formula : | Co'Co ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 20,500 mm |
| Service mass: | 191 t |
| Continuous output : | 3200 kW C36-7i : 2850 kW |
The GE C36-7 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems , GE do Brazil and A Goninan & Co between 1978 and 1989. 599 units of this locomotive were built, 422 of which were exported to the People's Republic of China , where they were used as ND5 were designated. In 2003, the Estonian company Eesti Raudtee bought 58 former MP / UP locomotives.
The C36-7 is the successor to the GE C30-7 and completes the Dash 7 series .
GE do Brazil built 15 C36-7s for Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México , track numbers 9327-9341.
Original owner
| railroad | number | Lane numbers |
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| China Railways | 422 | ND5.0001-ND5.0422 |
| Conrail | 25th | 6620-6644 |
| Ferrocarril del Pacífico | 15th | 419-433 |
| General Electric (test drives) | 1 | 505 |
| Hamersley Iron , Western Australia | 3 | 5057-5059 |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | 60 | 9000-9059 |
| Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México | 25th | 9317-9341 |
| Norfolk and Western Railway | 31 | 8500-8530 |
| Norfolk Southern | 12 | 8531-8542 |
| OCTRA ( Transgabonais ) | 8th | CC301-CC308 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Klaus Eckert, Torsten Berndt: 1000 Locomotives: History • Classics • Technology . Naumann & Göbel Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne, ISBN 3-625-10541-1 , p. 336 .
- ↑ a b Klaus Eckert, Torsten Berndt: 1000 Locomotives: History • Classics • Technology . Naumann & Göbel Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne, ISBN 3-625-10541-1 , p. 197 .
- ^ Leon Oberg: Locomotives of Australia 1850s – 2010s . Rosenberg Publishing, Kenthurst 2010, ISBN 978-1-921719-01-1 , pp. 384-385 .
Web links
- Robert Sarberenyi: GE C36-7 Original Owners. TrainWeb, accessed September 8, 2015 .
- EVR C36-7i. Trainspo, accessed September 8, 2015 .