The GE U36C is a 3600 hp diesel-electric locomotive model built by GE Transportation Systems.
The length of the locomotive was , standard for U30C, U33C, U34CH, U36C, U36CG, C30-7 and C36-7. The U36C also had steel capped pistons.
218 units were produced between October 1971 and February 1975 for railroads in the United States and Mexico. A further 20 units of model U36CG (the passenger service variant of the U36C) were built for use in Mexico.
Rebuilds Between 1985 and 1987 Santa Fe's Cleburne shops rebuilt 70 U36Cs #8700-8769 into C30-7 standards and were reclassified as SF30Cs. As of 2022, Unit 9501 has been donated to the Arizona State Railroad Museum. Unit 9501 is currently in storage at the Grand Canyon Railway.
Original Owners
Railroad Quantity Numbers NotesAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway1008700-87998700-8735, 8764-8799 rebuilt to SF30Cs in 1985, C30-7 specs and renumbered 9500-9569Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad45800-5803Clinchfield Railroad73600-3606to Seaboard Coast Line 2125-2131 after traded for SCL SD45 2438-2044Erie Lackawanna Railway133316-3328To Conrail 6587-6599, renumbered 6885-6896Ferrocarril del Pacífico10409-418Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México1048900-8986, 9300-93168938-8957 were model U36CG
Preservation
Nationales de Mexico #8941 is preserved in Barrio de la Estación, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
One SF30C rebuild, Minnesota Commercial #50 (ex-ATSF #9501) is owned by the Arizona State Railway Museum in Williams, Arizona.
References
External links
Sarberenyi, Robert. GE U34CH, U36C, and U36CG Original Owners.