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The GE AC44C6M is an AC-traction 4,400-horsepower (3,300 kW) diesel locomotive, rebuilt from GE Transportation Dash 9 locomotives. AC44C6M rebuilds have been done by GE (now Wabtec ), American Motive Power, Inc., and Norfolk Southern Railway 's Juniata and Roanoke Shops, starting in September 2015.
Also in 2015, NS 8799 became the first NS GE Dash 9-40C to be rebuilt as an AC44C6M. The locomotive was rebuilt with a new GE wide nose and cab, and had locomotive speed limiter (LSL) and cab signals installed. These traction motor replacements are part of a Norfolk Southern / General Electric project to test the economic feasibility of ...
The orders for these units were basically an extension of NS's previous order for the standard cab Dash 9-40C (or C40-9) (see above). They were built under the same premise that a lower power rating than the 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) rating of the Dash 9-44CW (or C44-9W) (see below) would prolong the life of the engine, and use less fuel.
The GE Dash 9-40CW is a 4,000-horsepower (3,000 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania, between January 1996 and December 2004. 1,090 were built for Norfolk Southern Railway, as road numbers 8889 to 9978. 53 GE Dash 8-44CWs built to Dash 9 specifications were also built for CSX Transportation, carrying road numbers 9000 to 9052.
Units 8025, 8098–8105 and 8114 were painted in schemes of predecessor railroads as part of Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary. NS 8099 was wrecked in Pittsburgh, PA in December 2021, then it was rebuilt in 2023. 3 8166–8168 [20] These are Tier 4 Credit units, built concurrently with ET44AC's 3600–3646. 16 8169–8184
2500-2522 equipped with 'Canadian style' four-window cab, classified as Dash 9-44CWL; 50 units rebuilt into AC44C6M models. 2727 rebuilt from 2667. Units 2697-2726 sub-lettered for Illinois Central. Non four-window cab variants came equipped with a different style cab where the nose slants down on both sides, allowing the windows to be notched ...
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This diesel loc has, as experiment, a higher constructed cab. Because of the purple colour it is nicknamed "The Bishop". 2600 Class: The NS series 2600 "Beel" diesel locomotives were mainly used on the line Eindhoven – Venlo and later on Nijmegen – Roermond as well. These locomotives were plagued by failures, which led to using them in couples.