GE U36B

E769316

The GE U36B is a high-horsepower, four-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive built by General Electric in the 1970s for heavy mainline service on North American railroads.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
GE U30B–U36B line 1
GE U36B canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diesel-electric locomotive ⓘ
road switcher ⓘ
axleCount 4 ⓘ
brakeType air ⓘ
builder GE Transportation ⓘ
builderLocation Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
builtFor North American railroads ⓘ
configuration hood unit ⓘ
control multiple-unit capable ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cylinderCount 16 ⓘ
designedBy General Electric Company ⓘ
linked to: General Electric
designedFor heavy freight trains ⓘ
mainline operations ⓘ
engineType turbocharged four-stroke diesel ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
fuelType diesel fuel ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
introduced 1970 ⓘ
locomotiveSeries U36 series ⓘ
manufacturer General Electric ⓘ
market North America freight market ⓘ
marketedAs high-horsepower four-axle locomotive ⓘ
modelFamily GE Universal Series ⓘ
operator Auto-Train Corporation ⓘ
Burlington Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad ⓘ
Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
powerOutput 3600 hp ⓘ
powerType diesel-electric ⓘ
primaryUse freight service ⓘ
heavy mainline service ⓘ
primeMover GE FDL-16 ⓘ
linked to: GE 7FDL16
regionOfOperation Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
relatedModel GE U30B ⓘ
GE U33B ⓘ
series GE U30B–U36B line ⓘ
linked to: GE U36B
serviceType road freight ⓘ
successorModel GE B36-7 ⓘ
traction adhesion ⓘ
tractionMotors DC traction motors ⓘ
trainBrakes air ⓘ
transmission electric ⓘ
wheelArrangement B-B ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GE U36B → series → GE U30B–U36B line ⓘ
linked to: GE U36B