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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.
Most still in service, many being rebuilt to AC44C6M The Dash 9 Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation . It replaced the Dash 8 Series in the mid-1990s, and was superseded by the Evolution Series in the mid-2000s.
All rebuilt as AC44C6M, one cab reused for a switcher at GE's Erie Plant The GE Dash 9-40C , also called a C40-9 , was a 4,000-horsepower (3,000 kW) diesel locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania , between January 1995 and March 1995.
The AC4400CW was the first GE locomotive to offer an optional self-steering truck design, intended to increase adhesion and reduce wear on the railhead. [1] This option was specified by Canadian Pacific Railway, Cartier Railway, CSX for their units 201-599, Ferromex, Ferrosur, and Kansas City Southern Railway.
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.
The Evolution Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems (now owned by Wabtec), initially designed to meet the U.S. EPA's Tier 2 locomotive emissions standards that took effect in 2005.
[53] [54] The first two units, 1800 and 1801, were unveiled in a special yellow and grey paint scheme to promote the DC to AC program, similar to the paint schemes used on the first GE AC44C6M. As of 2024, Only 52 Units have been rebuilt and have since been released to service.
The following is a list of locomotives produced by GE Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of Wabtec.All were/are built at Fort Worth, Texas or Erie, Pennsylvania, in the United States.