GE U33C

The GE U33C is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between January 1968 and January 1975. 375 examples of this locomotive were built for 11 North American railroads and one construction contractor.

GE U33C
BN #5738 leads a freight train through Livingston, Montana.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model U33C Build date January 1968 – January 1975 Total produced 375
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Performance figures Power output 3,300 hp (2.5 MW)
Career Locale North America Disposition Most scrapped, three units heavily rebuilt and exported to China.

U33C control cab on display at the Toronto Railway Museum.

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	25	8500-8524
Burlington Northern Railroad	39	5725-5763
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	4	8000-8003
Delaware and Hudson Railway	9	754-762
Erie Lackawanna Railway	15	3301-3315
Great Northern Railway	15	2530–2544 to Burlington Northern 5700-5714 5701 was wrecked and never wore the BN Cascade Green.
S J Groves & Sons Construction	2	507-508 to Burlington Northern 5764-5765
Illinois Central Railroad	10	5050-5059
Northern Pacific Railway	10	3300-3309 to Burlington Northern 5715-5724
Penn Central	24	6540-6563
Southern Railway	10	3805-3814
Southern Pacific Railroad	212	8585-8796

Three former Conrail (née Erie Lackawanna) units were rebuilt 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 survives at the Toronto Railway Museum and is currently in use as a locomotive simulator.

References

• "General Electric's U33C". Diesel Era: 31–46, 60. January–February 1996.

External links

• Thompson, J. David. GE U33C Original Owners.