The GE U36C is a 3,600 horsepower diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems. It is 67 feet 3 inches long, the standard length for the U30C, U33C, U34CH, U36C, U36CG, C30-7 and C36-7, and it had steel capped pistons. A total of 218 were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico, and a further 20 U36CG passenger variants were built for Mexico. Between 1985 and 1987 the Santa Fe shops at Cleburne rebuilt 70 of them to C30-7 standards as the SF30C. Nationales de Mexico number 8941 is preserved in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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218 units were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico.
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diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems
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The U36C also had steel capped pistons.
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218 units were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico.
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The GE U36C is a 3600 hp diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems.
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218 units were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico.
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The GE U36C is a 3600 hp diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems.
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The GE U36C is a 3600 hp diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems.
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218 units were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico.
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