GE Dash 8-40C

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GE Dash 8-40C
GE Dash 8-40C
UP 9214, a Dash 8-40C, leads an eastbound train up California's Cajon Pass on May 10, 1991.
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Model Dash 8-40C
AAR wheel arr. C-C
Gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm)

A GE Dash 8-40C is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems in the late 1980s. This locomotive model is sometimes referred to as a C40-8. or simply "Dash 8"

The companies that own at least one C40-8 as of 2006 include: CSX Transportation with 146, Norfolk Southern Railroad with 88 and Union Pacific Railroad with 298.