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General Electric, known nowadays as GE Transportation and incorporated as a division of Wabtec is a long-standing "branch" of the American GE. While rail production is only a branch of GE Transportation, it's one of the longer-standing ones. It got it's start in the 1910s, first experimenting with gas-electics developed in house and then deciding that the largest hurdle was control gear, and abandoned ICE development; things really got their start after entering a consortium with Ingersoll-Rand and ALCo. After that fell apart with the departure of ALCo, GE continued to market road locomotives with Ingersoll-Rand until diesel technology outpaced the company in the late 30s. General Electric then entered a co-op with ALCo, providing first-choice electrical gear until 1954. GE again began toying with their own diesel motive power and lessons learned in the Second World War, going on to acquire Cooper-Bessemer engine technology as a base and experimenting with such on export engines; one thing lead to another, with the UD18 to the U25B and before long their dirt-cheap locomotives and impressive financial backing capacity made them a popular EMD alternative, along with an aptitude of being in the right place at the right time. To date, GE Transportation is rumored to maintain around a 70% market share.

📄 Denotes a "paper" engine: something that was designed and catalogued, but never built.

Industrial Locomotives

  • 44 Tonner
  • 45 Tonner
  • 70 Tonner
  • (Other Locmotives to be added later)

Passenger Cowl Units

Universal Series (U-Boats)

Dash 7 Series

Dash 8 Series

Dash 9 Series/AC Series

Evolution Series (Gevo)

Export Universal Series

  • UD18
  • U18C
  • U26C/DX/DXB/DXC/DXH/DXR