GE U33C

GE U33C

BN #5738 leads a freight train through Livingston, California.

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model U33C Build date January 1968 – January 1975 Total produced 375

Specifications AAR wheel arr C-C Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Performance figures Power output 3,300 hp (2.5 MW)

Career Locale North America

The GE U33C is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between January 1968 and January 1975. 375 examples of this locomotive were built for 11 North American railroads and one construction contractor.

Original Owners

Railroad	Quantity	Numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	25	8500-8524
Burlington Northern Railroad	39	5725-5763 (5764-5765 ex S J Groves)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	4	8000-8003
Delaware and Hudson Railway	9	754-762
Erie Lackawanna Railway	15	3301-3315
Great Northern Railway	15	2530–2544
S J Groves & Sons Construction	2	507-508 (later to BN)
Illinois Central Railroad	10	5050-5059
Northern Pacific Railway	10	3300-3309
Penn Central	24	6540-6563
Southern Railway	10	3805-3814
Southern Pacific Railroad	212	8585-8796

References

• Diesel Era January/February 1996 General Electric's U33C pp. 31–46, 60.

External links

• Thompson, J. David. GE U33C Original Owners.