GE U36B

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GE U36B
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Model U36B
Build date January 1969 – December 1974
Total production 125
AAR wheel arr. B-B
Gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Prime mover GE FDL-16
Power output 3600 hp (2.7 MW)
Locale eastern and southeastern United States

GE U36B was a diesel locomotive produced by General Electric beginning in 1969. The U36B was GE's 3600 horsepower (2.7 MW) answer to the power race with EMD. Only 3 railroads bought this locomotive.

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Major purchasers of U36Bs were Auto-Train Corporation and Seaboard Coast Line, which hosted most Auto-Train Corp. traffic. In 1976 four U36Bs that were built by GE for Auto-Train Corporation, which earlier has purchased 13 earlier, were instead sold and delivered to Conrail due to Auto Train's financial difficulties. These units, built to Seaboard Coast Line specifications, were originally fitted with Blomberg trucks; when Conrail purchased them, the railroad asked GE to replace the trucks with AAR type-B trucks instead.

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Railroad Quantity
Auto-Train 13
Conrail 4
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 108

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