GE C36-7


The GE C36-7 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built for freight service by GE Transportation Systems, GE do Brasil and A Goninan & Co. between 1978 and 1989. The model was developed as an updated version of the GE U36C and is powered by a 16-cylinder GE FDL-series prime mover. Externally, it is similar to the GE C30-7, but can be distinguished by its larger air intakes beneath the radiator section. On later-built units, the dynamic brake resistor grids are housed in a raised compartment immediately behind the cab. C36-7 locomotives were produced with either 3,600 or 3,750 hp power ratings, depending on customer specifications.

Production history

602 examples of this locomotive were built, 422 of which were exported to the People's Republic of China, where it is designated as the China Railways ND5. GE do Brazil built 15 C36-7s for Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, numbers 9327–9341. The three Hamersley Iron units built by A Goninan & Co were exported to the United States in the late 1990s after being withdrawn from service in Australia, and were later sold to various railway companies. In 2003, 58 former Missouri Pacific units acquired by Union Pacific were exported to Estonia for Eesti Raudtee, with 19 C30-7s from Norfolk Southern and CSX.

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