GE C36-7

GE C36-12345

300px Union Pacific 588 was a General Electric model C36-7 modified internally to a C36M. Photo: Houston Texas, 2000.

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems, GE do Brazil A Goninan & Co Model C36-7 Build date 1978–1989 Total produced 599

Specifications AAR wheel arr C-C Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Career Locale North America, Australia, Mexico

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C36-7i in Estonia

The GE C36-7 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems, GE do Brazil and A Goninan & Co between 1978 and 1989. 599 examples of this locomotive were built, of which were exported to the People's Republic of China, which designated it ND5. In 2003 58 ex MP / UP locos were exported to Estonia.

GE do Brazil built 15 C36-7s for Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, numbers 9327–9341.

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
China Railways	422	ND5.0001–ND5.0422
Conrail	25	6620–6644
Ferrocarril del Pacífico	15	419–433
General Electric (testbed)	1	505
Hamersley Iron, Western Australia	3	5057–5059
Missouri Pacific Railroad	60	9000–9059
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México	25	9317–9341
Norfolk and Western Railway	31	8500–8530
Norfolk Southern	12	8531–8542
OCTRA (Trans-Gabon Railway)	8	CC301–CC308