G.E. locomotive serial numbers

[kbathgate]

Thanks everyone - great information and advice.

[M636C]

 

As far as the GE locomotives built by A Goninan and Company, and later by United Group Rail (the successor company) none of these were ever issued with GE serial numbers, which includes the three C36-7 units built in 1977 for Hamersley Iron. The Goninan series has reached into the high 300s (which includes 20 units built to Hitachi designs), with 379 being under construction right now and at least 12 more units coming. This isn't a big output by US standards starting in about 1955 but I don't believe there are say 350 unknown GE serials to cover the units ranging from 45 ton switchers to the current Cv43 aci units which are based on US domestic AC 4400 designs.

 For those interested Hamersley 5057 to 5059 were Goninan 53 to 55.

The GE serials for Hamersley (now Rio Tinto) Dash 9-44CW locomotives built at Erie were as follows:

47744 to 47762           October 94      7065 – 7083

47763 to 47772           November 94   7084 - 7093

52841 to 52843           August 00         7094 – 7096

53455 to 53457           October 01      9401 – 9403 ex 9470 - 9472

54154 to 54159           April 03            9404 - 9409

54160 to 54161           April 03            7097 - 7098

54187 to 54189           August 03         9428 - 9430

54241 to 54242           July 03             9431 - 9432

54243 to 54244           August 03         7063 - 7064

54766 to 54767           May 04            9433 – 9434

54768                          May 04            7061

54769                          June 04            7062

55880 to 55885           April 05            7055 - 7060

56154 to 56155           November 05   7053 – 7054

57094 to 57101           August 06         7043 – 7050

57102 to 57103           August 06         9435 - 9436

 I don't have the ES44DCi numbers handy right now, but the most recent group of ten have arrived.

M636C

[beaulieu]

kbathgate

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8)      Quebec Cartier Mining # 11 and 12 (AC4400CW, possibly the last ones built?) – anyone know the serials?

Keith

 

 

I have

QCM 11, 12         serial  58444, 58445                  blt  11/07

as the last built AC4400CWs so far.

 

That UP order is a mess of scattered serial numbers.

[beaulieu]

Keith,  far better than Extra 2200 South is joining the Yahoogroup "LocoNotes". Tracking locomotive serial numbers, purchases, sales, and scrapping, is what the group is about. With a few exceptions everything else is off-topic. Doug Cummings, publisher of Extra 2200 South gets most of his information off the group.

[mudchicken]

Extra 2200 South

[kbathgate]

I’m one of those people who’s obsessed with having accurate lists.  There’s probably a name for it (probably several...).  Anyway, I’ve got a few queries about GE locomotive serial numbers.   I’ve tried ‘The Diesel Shop’ and other obvious sources, and these are the questions that remain, so if anyone can help I’d be very grateful.

 

1)      Seaboard Coast Line new-build slugs/MATEs  # 3200-3224 – anyone know the serials?  (3207-3224 possibly 38488-38505?)

 

2)      FNdeM 12001-12006 (B23-7) are shown as serials 43294-43299, Exxon Colombia 1001-1004 (B36-7) as 43294-43297 – does anyone know what is correct?

 

3)      Texas Utilities 3304 (serial 40733) was a E25B, but some sources also list a B23-7 with the same road/serial numbers. TXUX did have at least two new B23-7s (3306/42436 and 3307/43192) – but was there actually a third one, or is reference to it entirely wrong?

 

4)      Some of the Brazilian-built U23Cs for RFFSA have standard GE serial numbers as well as Brazilian serials (RFFSA 3901-3920/40608-40627).  Did the others (3801-3880 and 3921-3990) also have GE serials?

 

5)      Similarly, were Hamersley Iron’s Goninan C36-7s allocated serials in the GE series?

 

6)      CSXT 9100-9102 (AC4400CW) and 9003 (C44-8W) are shown as 47581-47584, UP 9556-9559 (C41-8W) as either 47581-47584 or 47640-47643, and CNW 8633-8635 (C44-9W) as 47641-47643. Can anyone throw any light on what was what?  I’m inclined to suspect that the above CNW serial numbers are wrong, and that these might be mixed in with an earlier batch (I’ve got 47504-47506 free).

 

7)      UP 5700-5769 and 6000-6059 (AC4400CW) seem to be numbered very haphazardly – anyone have an accurate list of serials? (No luck on ‘Utahrails’)

 

8)      Quebec Cartier Mining # 11 and 12 (AC4400CW, possibly the last ones built?) – anyone know the serials?

Keith