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GE U28C

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Power type
  
Diesel

Total produced
  
71

Model
  
U28C

AAR wheel arr.
  
C-C

Builder
  
GE Transportation Systems

Build date
  
February 1966 – November 1966

The U28C was developed by General Electric from the U25C, with a slight increase in power of 300 hp (224 kW). A passenger-hauling variant, the U28CG, was also produced for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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Original owners

GE produced 71 U28C locomotives, not including ten U28CG passenger variants for the Santa Fe:

Preservation

Ex-Union Pacific No. 2804 is preserved at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. The rear of the locomotive has been cutaway to show the inner workings of a diesel locomotive.

References

GE U28C Wikipedia