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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.
All models of the Dash 9 Series are powered by a 16-cylinder, turbocharged, GE 7FDL 4-stroke diesel engine, with electronic fuel injection and split cooling. Dash 9 Series locomotives also ride on HiAd high adhesion trucks, with low weight transfer characteristics and microprocessor controlled wheelslip .
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 C40-9 featured the standard cab design and was the only model in the Dash-9 series to do so. It is essentially identical to the wide-cab C40-9W model otherwise. All units had rooftop-mounted air conditioner units which gave them their distinct "top hat" look. Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) was the sole operator of this model. [2]
Some units sold to Fortescue Metals Group, Quebec, North Shore & Labrador, Canadian National, and Norfolk Southern (including ex-KCS units) and rebuilt into AC44C6M models. 100 units sold to KCS and some later sold to NS. 5530-5532 are warranty protection units, which were renumbered from 5841-5843. 25 of the GECX units were rebuilt to NS AC44C6Ms.
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Currently, six different Evolution Series models (seven including rebuilds), have been produced for the North American market. They are all six-axle locomotives and have AAR wheel arrangement C-C ( UIC classification Co′Co′), except for the ES44C4 and ET44C4 which uses the AAR A1A-A1A wheel arrangement and the meter-gauge version developed ...
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