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.
The U33C is one of the few regular production diesel locomotives that is completely extinct. The last two U33Cs, one being ex-Southern Railway, were working for a shortline in Southern Indiana until being withdrawn and scrapped in the early-to-mid 2000s.
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 |
Gallery[]
BN #5738 leads a freight train through Livingston, Montana.
External links[]
- Thompson, J. David. GE U33C Original Owners.