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The Evolution Series was named as one of the "10 Locomotives That Changed Railroading" by Trains Magazine and was the only locomotive series introduced after 1972 to be included in that list. [ 5 ] The Evolution Series locomotives are some of the best-selling and most successful freight locomotives in United States history.
It is part of the GE Evolution Series family. Following the delivery of an initial 10 locomotives from GE's plant at Erie, Pennsylvania, in the US, TE33A locomotives are being assembled from kits by the JSC Lokomotiv subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy at a new factory in Astana which was opened by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on 3 July 2009 ...
The FLXDrive Series of locomotives are GE's first battery-electric locomotives, using a similar design to the Evolution Series, with the exception of a diesel prime mover. The FLXDrive series was introduced in late 2019 with one BEL44C4D demonstrator unit, but other FLXDrive variants are planned for the future.
The GE AC4400CW, , sometimes referred as "AC44CW", is a 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) diesel-electric locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems between 1993 and 2004. It is similar to the Dash 9-44CW , but uses AC traction motors instead of DC, with a separate inverter per motor.
2-6-0 Steam locomotive: 80 Built by several companies 1928–1931 8F: 2-8-0 Steam locomotive: 40 Former War Department locomotives. Sold to Railways. Series 9301–915, 9317–9320, 9322–9342. 1935-1946 1A-Do-A1 Diesel locomotive: 75 121 6 Built by English Electric. UK. 1945-1947 4211: 0-6-0 Diesel locomotive: 42 Built by Arnold Jung ...
The GE ES44C4, a diesel–electric freight locomotive of the GE Evolution Series. GE Transportation is the largest producer of diesel–electric locomotives for both freight and passenger applications in North America, believed to hold up to a 70% market share of that market. [3]
The first locomotive rolled out of GE's Erie plant on 3 August 2017 with an orange and yellow livery that required 190 litres (50 US gal; 42 imp gal) of paint. [12] The first shipment arrived in India on 11 October 2017 and the import order was completed on 23 November 2018 with the 50th locomotive's arrival at Mundra Port, Gujarat. [8] [13]
In October 2021 it was announced that UGL had secured a $297 million (later $330 million) order for 50 C44aci locomotives from Pacific National, these locomotives are to have GE's newer Evolution series of engine. The locomotives are to be designed and delivered over a period of 7 years, with deliveries starting in 2024.