GE C36-7

GE C36-12345

Union Pacific 588 was a General Electric model C36-7 modified internally to a C36M. Photo: Houston Texas, 2000.

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems, GE do Brazil A Goninan & Co Model C36-7 Build date 1978–1989 Total produced 599

Specifications AAR wheel arr C-C Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Career Locale North America, Australia, Mexico

C36-7i in Estonia

The GE C36-7 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems, GE do Brazil and A Goninan & Co between 1978 and 1989. 599 examples of this locomotive were built, 422 of which were exported to the People's Republic of China, where it is designated as ND5. In 2003 58 ex MP / UP locos were exported to Estonia.

GE do Brazil built 15 C36-7s for Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, numbers 9327–9341.

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Ministry of Railways (China)	422	ND5.0001–ND5.0422
Conrail	25	6620–6644
Ferrocarril del Pacífico	15	419–433
General Electric (testbed)	1	505
Hamersley Iron, Western Australia	3	5057–5059[1]
Missouri Pacific Railroad	60	9000–9059
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México	25	9317–9341
Norfolk and Western Railway	31	8500–8530
Norfolk Southern	12	8531–8542
OCTRA (Trans-Gabon Railway)	8	CC301–CC308

References

1. Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s–2010s. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 384–385. ISBN 9781921719011.

External links

• Sarberenyi, Robert. "GE C36-7 Original Owners". TrainWeb.
• "EVR C36-7i". Trainspo.