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The U25B ( nicknamed U-Boat ) was the first commercially successful domestic diesel electric road locomotive designed, built, and sold by General Electric after its split with the American Locomotive Company ( Alco ), a company dating back to the steam era.
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U25B and was
The GE U25B was General Electric's first independent entry into the United States domestic Diesel-electric locomotive into the railroad market for heavy production road locomotives since 1936.
From 1940 through 1953, GE participated in a design, production, and marketing consortium ( Alco-GE ) for diesel-electric locomotives with the American Locomotive Company ; the U25B was developed following the termination of the consortium agreement.
The GE Universal Series started production in 1956 and some 400 export locomotives were sold before the U25B was offered in the United States.
The U25B was also the highest-horsepower four-axle diesel road locomotive in the U. S. at the time of its introduction, its contemporaries being the GP20 ( 2000 hp ) and the RS27 ().
The design was effectively two U25B locomotives on a single frame ; each diesel engine and generator powered only the two trucks at the same end.
U25B and domestic
The U25B started GE's domestic line of diesel-electric road locomotives.
U25B and diesel
* Southern Pacific 3100 is a GE U25B diesel locomotive once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad and is the last operating example left in the US.
U25B and locomotive
The U25B followed in 1961 and rapidly propelled GE into second place in the locomotive market, behind EMD.
A second U25B locomotive is currently undergoing restoration efforts at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL.
A third U25B locomotive is on display at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola CA.
The GE U28B diesel-electric locomotive model replaced the U25B in early 1966, featuring a slightly uprated prime mover ( only more power than the U25B ).
GE U25B locomotive at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.
U25B and sold
Though many were produced and sold, the only remaining U25B locomotives are in museums, as many were retired or scrapped at the end of their service life by the end of the 1980s.
U25B and its
Like the FP45, the U25B is certified to run on any railroad, and its two-axle trucks and 2500-horsepower ( 1. 9 MW ) prime mover make it ideal for off-property work trains.
U25B and with
Early units had the same carbody styling as the U25B, while later units had design features ( e. g., shortened nose ) more in common with later models.
U25B and ),
Other than steamers, the entire list included three EMD models, one dating back to 1939, in second ( FT ), fourth ( GP7 ) and sixth place ( SD40-2 ), and two GE models, one from the 1960s in fifth place ( U25B ) and the new GEVO in tenth place.
U25B and back
New Haven U25B 2525 ( awaiting repairs to be brought back into service )
U25B and .
Image: GE U25B front3. jpg | Southern Pacific 3100
Image: GE U25B front2. jpg | The 3100 is the only GE U25B still in working order.
Image: GE U25B rear. jpg | The 3100 is on display at the Orange Empire Railway Museum.
Image: GE U25B plate. jpg | The manufacturer's plate on the 3100.
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