GE B23-7

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GE B23-7
GE B23-7
BNSF 4258 switching the intermodal yards at Commerce, California, February 15, 2005.
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Model B23-7
Build date September 1977 – December 1984
Total production 536
AAR wheel arr. B-B
Gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Length 61 ft 2 in
Prime mover GE FDL-12
Cylinders 12
Power output 2,250 hp

The GE B23-7 is a diesel locomotive model that was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 12 cylinder motor. It is 61 ft 2 in long. It competed with the EMD GP38-2. General Electric also produced a variant, the BQ23-7, for the Seaboard Coast Line.

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Railroad Quantity Road numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 69 6350-6418
Conrail 141 1900-2023, 2800-2816
Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste 3 522-524
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 15 5115-5129
Missouri Pacific Railroad 85 2289-2358, 4600-4684
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México SMT 8 1-01 - 1-08
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México 114 9130-9180, 10001-10052, 12001-12011
Providence and Worcester Railroad 1 2201
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 29 5100-5114, 5140-5153
Southern Pacific Railroad 15 5100-5114
Southern Railway 54 3970-4023
Texas Utilities 3 3304, 3306, 3307


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