GE C39-8
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A total of 161 examples of this locomotive were built for two North American railroads: Conrail and Norfolk Southern Railway.
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Technical
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Original owners
| GE C39-8 owners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
| Norfolk Southern | 114 | 8550-8663 | 8550,8551 former GE demonstrators set up for short hood forward operation. 8552-8663 set up for long hood forward operation. All units have been retired. |
| Norfolk Southern | 25 | 8664-8688 | C39-8E (Enhanced) built in carbody similar to the GE C40-8. All have been retired. 8687 damaged in collision with semi truck in 1992. The entire incident was caught on camera. Unit 8688 currently used as a test bed in Altoona [1] |
| Conrail | 22 | 6000-6021 | After Conrail split in 1999, 13 units went to Norfolk Southern to become NS 8200-8212 and are no longer in service with NS, 9 units went to CSX to become CSXT 7480-7488 and have since been retired. |
Current use
Apart from Norfolk Southern's test bed, Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad's former Norfolk Southern 8212 (née Conrail 6021) is the last C39-8 in active use in North America.[2]
15 Norfolk Southern units were sold to Peru's Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) after RDC acquired a significant part of the company in 1999. Many of them have been rebuilt by shortening the radiators.[3]
See also
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