GE U36C

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	67 ft 3 in (20.50 m)
Prime mover	FDL-16
Cylinders	16

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	U36C
Build date	1971 – 1975
Total produced	238

GE U36C
GE U36C
	ATSF #8784 at Johnson City, Kansas in 1975.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	U36C
Build date	1971 – 1975
Total produced	238
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	67 ft 3 in (20.50 m)
Prime mover	FDL-16
Cylinders	16
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	3,600 hp (2,700 kW)
	Sources:

The GE U36C is a 3600 hp diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems.

The length of the locomotive was 67 ft 3 in (20.50 m), standard for U30C, U33C, U34CH, U36C, U36CG, C30-7 and C36-7. The U36C also had steel capped pistons.

218 units were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico. A further 20 units of model U36CG (the passenger service variant of the U36C) were built for use in Mexico.

Rebuilds

Between 1985 and 1987 Santa Fe's Cleburne shops rebuilt 70 U36Cs #8700-8769 into C30-7 standards and were reclassified as SF30Cs. As of 2022, Unit 9501 has been donated to the Arizona State Railroad Museum.

Original Owners

Railroad	Quantity	Numbers	Notes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	100	8700-8799	8700-8769 rebuilt to SF30C's in 1985, C30-7 specs and renumbered 9500-9569
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	4	5800-5803
Clinchfield Railroad	7	3600-3606	to Seaboard Coast Line 2125-2131 after traded for SCL SD45 2438-2044
Erie Lackawanna Railway	13	3316-3328
Ferrocarril del Pacífico	10	409-418
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México	104	8900-8986, 9300-9316	8938-8957 were model U36CG

References

^ Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. GE176–GE179. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.

Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.

External links

Sarberenyi, Robert. GE U34CH, U36C, and U36CG Original Owners.

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[1] Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. GE176–GE179. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.

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