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

| primemover=GE FDL-16

| 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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|Burlington Northern Railroad

|39

|5725-5763

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|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

|4

|8000-8003

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|Delaware and Hudson Railway

|9

|754-762

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|Erie Lackawanna Railway

|15

|3301-3315

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|Great Northern Railway

|15

|2530–2544 to Burlington Northern 5700-5714
5701 was wrecked and never wore the BN Cascade Green.

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|S J Groves & Sons Construction

|2

|507-508 to Burlington Northern 5764-5765

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|Illinois Central Railroad

|10

|5050-5059

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|Northern Pacific Railway

|10

|3300-3309 to Burlington Northern 5715-5724

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|Penn Central

|24

|6540-6563

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|Southern Railway

|10

|3805-3814

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|Southern Pacific Railroad

|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}}