GE Dash 8-44CW

GE Dash 8-44CW
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model Dash 8-44CW
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C  • UIC Co′Co′ Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Trucks GE HiAd Wheel diameter 42 in (1.067 m) Length 73 ft 2 in (22.30 m) Width 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Height 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) Loco weight 425,000 lb (193,000 kg) or 212.5 short tons (189.7 long tons; 192.8 t) Fuel capacity 5,000 US gal (19,000 L; 4,200 imp gal) Prime mover GE 7FDL16 Engine type 45°, four stroke cycle Aspiration Turbocharged Alternator GE GMG197 Traction motors DC GE 5GE752AH Cylinders V16 Transmission diesel electric with silicon diode rectifiers,
Performance figures Power output 4,400 hp (3,280 kW) Tractive effort Continuous: 105,640 lbf (469.9 kN), Starting: 142,000 lbf (631.6 kN)
Career Locale North America

The GE C44-8W is a 4,400 hp (3,280 kW) road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives. They are considered to be pre-production Dash 9s with the innards of it but trapped in an extended Dash 8 carbody as well as having the trucks. They are numbered 9000-9052. The first three were originally supposed to be the last order of Dash 8s for CSX thus having the smaller Dash 8 carbody. They have been derated to 4000 horsepower and are now designated C40-9W.

In keeping in GE tradition of giving nicknames to its locomotive series beginning with the "Dash 7" of the 1970s, the C44-8W was dubbed the "Dash 8" upon its debut. The design has since proven popular with North America railroads.

See also

• List of GE locomotives

References

• McDonnell, Greg (2008). Locomotives: The Modern Diesel and Electric Reference. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press. ISBN 978-1550464931.
• Solomon, Brian (2003). GE Locomotives: 110 Years of General Electric Motive Power. St. Paul, MN, USA: MBI Publishing. ISBN 9780760313619.
• Solomon, Brian (2010). Modern Locomotives: High Horsepower Diesels 1966–2000. New York: Crestline. ISBN 978-0785826811.