The following is a list of locomotives produced by General Electric Transportation Systems. All were/are built at Erie, Pennsylvania, in the United States. All except the AC6000CW are powered by various versions of GE's own FDL diesel prime mover, based on a Cooper-Bessemer design and manufactured at Grove City, Pennsylvania.
=Freight locomotives=
Although these models' official names were of the format "Dash 8-99XX", the Santa Fe chose to stick with the older "X99-8X" model designations on the railroad's internal rosters. For example, the Santa Fe used the designation "B40-8W" for GE's "Dash 8-40BW". The railroad continued this practice until its merger with the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1995.
The Evolution Series locomotives replace the Dash 9 and AC series and exceed the new U.S. EPA Tier II emissions standards that took effect in 2005, reducing nitrogen oxides emissions by over 40% and improving fuel consumption as well. They use the new GEVO engine which produces the same power from twelve cylinders as the previous locomotives' sixteen. Both AC and DC locomotives share the same carbody design, without even the small differences that distinguish the previous models. The radiator "wings" are even larger than those of the Dash 9 and AC series.
No four-axle Evolution Series locomotives have been announced.
While primarily a builder of freight locomotives, GE has on occasion been called upon to construct passenger models for specific customers. The most recent is the P42DC, ordered by Amtrak to replace the aging EMD F40PH. Additional units have been built for VIA Rail Canada.
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