GE U33C
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{{Infobox locomotive
| powertype=Diesel-electric
| name=GE U33C
| poweroutput={{convert|3300|hp|MW|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| image=Livingston 8 71 - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
| caption=BN #5738 leads a freight train through Livingston, Montana.
| builder=GE Transportation Systems
| buildmodel=U33C
| builddate=January 1968 – January 1975
| aarwheels=C-C
| totalproduction=375
| cylindercount=16
| locale=North America
| disposition= Most scrapped, three units heavily rebuilt and exported to China.
}}
File:U33C locomotive simulator (35371484775) (2).jpg.]]
The GE U33C is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between January 1968 and January 1975.{{cite journal|title=General Electric U33C as Santa Fe 8511|journal=Railmodel Journal|volume=6|issue=12|date=May 1995|publisher=Golden Bell Press|location=Denver, Colorado|pages=28–31}} 375 examples of this locomotive were built for 11 North American railroads and one construction contractor.
Original owners
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! Railroad ! Quantity ! Numbers |
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|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |25 |8500-8524 |
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|39 |5725-5763 |
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|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |4 |8000-8003 |
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|9 |754-762 |
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|15 |3301-3315 |
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|15 |2530–2544 to Burlington Northern 5700-5714 |
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|S J Groves & Sons Construction |2 |507-508 to Burlington Northern 5764-5765 |
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|10 |5050-5059 |
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|10 |3300-3309 to Burlington Northern 5715-5724 |
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|24 |6540-6563 |
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|10 |3805-3814 |
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|212 |8585-8796 |
Three former Conrail (née Erie Lackawanna) units were rebuilt by GE in 1987 and sold to Island Creek Coal for the Antaibao surface mine in China.
A cab built from numerous GE locomotive parts representing D&H #757 is preserved at the Toronto Railway Museum and is currently in use as a locomotive simulator.[https://www.trha.ca/trha/collections/simulators/u33c-delaware-hudson-simulator/ U33C Delaware & Hudson Simulator] Toronto Railway Historical Association
References
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- {{cite journal| journal=Diesel Era| date=January–February 1996| title=General Electric's U33C| pages=31–46, 60}}
External links
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- Thompson, J. David. [http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/u33c.htm GE U33C Original Owners].
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