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The Dash 7 Series was intended to redress the ensuing imbalance between the two competing manufacturers. GE commenced production of the Dash 7 Series in 1976. By the time Dash 7 production ceased in 1985, about 2,800 Dash 7 locomotives had been built - roughly the same number of units as the total production of the Universal Series.
The GE B30-7 is a diesel-electric locomotive model produced by GE from 1977 to 1983 as part of their Dash 7 Series, featuring a 16 cylinder engine producing 3,000 horsepower. A total of 399 units were produced, including 120 cabless B30-7A units. [1] The B30-7AB/A(B) is an unofficial model. The B30-7 was GE's successor to the U30B.
However, for simplicity, many railroads decided to use designations which follow the pattern of the Dash-7 line. Thus, for example, the Dash 8-40C is usually rendered as "C40-8". The "W" suffix indicates the then-optional wide-nose "North American" safety cab. For example, the Santa Fe used the designation "B40-8W" for GE's "Dash 8-40BW".
In 1956 GE launched the Universal Series, which succeeded in establishing them as the main competitor to EMD. The subsequent Dash 7 Series failed to build market share, however the Dash 8 Series did better and by the end of the 1990s the Dash 9 Series established a market lead which the Evolution Series extended.
GE Dash 7 Series; GE Dash 8 Series; GE Dash 8-32B; GE B39-8; GE Dash 8-40B; GE Dash 8-40BP; GE Dash 8-40BW; GE Dash 8-40C; GE Dash 8-40CW; GE Dash 9 Series; GE AC44C6M; GE Dash 9-40C; GE Dash 9-40CW; Delta Valley and Southern 50
Keeping in tradition with GE's locomotive series nicknames beginning with the "Dash 7" of the 1970s, the C44-9W was dubbed the Dash 9 upon its debut in 1993. Part of GE's "Dash 9" series of locomotives, the Dash 9-44CW shares its frame, HiAd trucks, 16-cylinder 7FDL engine, and 752AH-31 traction motors with the GE Dash 9-40CW. But while the ...
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The Dash 3 suffix is not part of any official lineup, and is a loose designation for rebuilt Dash 2 series EMDs among several different railroads. One example of an SD40-3 rebuild program is the one conducted by CSX at its Huntington, WV Shops. It started in 2010 with 10 units upgraded and numbered 4000-4009; in 2011, 20 units went through the ...