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|aarwheels = B-B
|aarwheels = B-B
|primemover = GE FDL-12
|primemover = GE FDL-12
|poweroutput = 2,300 [[horsepower|hp]]
|poweroutput = 2,250 [[horsepower|hp]]
|builddate = September 1977 – December 1984
|builddate = September 1977 – December 1984
|totalproduction = 536
|totalproduction = 536

Revision as of 04:33, 19 November 2007

GE B23-7
BNSF 4258 switching the intermodal yards at Commerce, California, February 15, 2005.
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGE Transportation Systems
ModelB23-7
Build dateSeptember 1977 – December 1984
Total produced536
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARB-B
GaugeTemplate:4ft8.5in
Length61 ft 2 in
Prime moverGE FDL-12
Cylinders12
Performance figures
Power output2,250 hp

The GE B23-7 is a diesel locomotive model that was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 12 cylinder motor. It is 61 ftin long. It competed with the EMD GP38-2. General Electric also produced a variant, the BQ23-7, for the Seaboard Coast Line.

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Road numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 69 6350-6418
Conrail 141 1900-2023, 2800-2816
Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste 3 522-524
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 15 5115-5129
Missouri Pacific Railroad 85 2289-2358, 4670-4684
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México SMT 8 1-01 - 1-08
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México 114 9130-9180, 10001-10052, 12001-12011
Providence and Worcester Railroad 1 2201
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 29 5100-5114, 5140-5153
Southern Pacific Railroad 15 5100-5114
Southern Railway 54 3970-4023
Texas Utilities 3 3304, 3306, 3307