GE Dash 9-40C

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Trucks	GE HiAd
Wheel diameter	40 in (1,000 mm)
Wheelbase	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Length	73 ft 2 in (22.30 m)
Loco weight	410,000 lb (190 t), full supplies - (fuel oil, lube oil, sand).
Fuel capacity	4,600 US gal (17 kL)
Lubricant cap.	410 US gal (1.6 kL)
Sandbox cap.	40 cu ft (1.1 m3)
Prime mover	GE 7FDL-16
Traction motors	direct-current GE B13B

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	GE Dash 9-40C
Build date	January–April 1995
Total produced	125

GE Dash 9-40C
GE Dash 9-40C
	Norfolk Southern 8801, which has since been rebuilt as AC44C6M 4014
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	GE Dash 9-40C
Build date	January–April 1995
Total produced	125
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Trucks	GE HiAd
Wheel diameter	40 in (1,000 mm)
Wheelbase	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Length	73 ft 2 in (22.30 m)
Loco weight	410,000 lb (190 t), full supplies - (fuel oil, lube oil, sand).
Fuel capacity	4,600 US gal (17 kL)
Lubricant cap.	410 US gal (1.6 kL)
Sandbox cap.	40 cu ft (1.1 m3)
Prime mover	GE 7FDL-16
Traction motors	direct-current GE B13B
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	70 mph (110 km/h)
Power output	4,000 hp (3,000 kW)
Tractive effort	109,000 lbf (480 kN) (continuous); 140,000 lbf (620 kN) (starting)
Locale
Career
Locale	United States
Current owner	Norfolk Southern Railway
Disposition	All rebuilt as AC44C6M, one cab reused for a switcher at GE's Erie Plant

The GE Dash 9-40C, also called a C40-9, was a 4,000-horsepower (3,000 kW) diesel locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania, between January 1995 and March 1995. The C40-9 was equipped with the 16-cylinder 7FDL-16 prime mover which is rated at a lower power than the 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) GE Dash 9-44CW that debuted a year earlier in 1994. It featured GE's direct current B13B traction motors.

The C40-9 featured the standard cab design and was the only model in the Dash-9 series to do so. It is essentially identical to the wide-cab C40-9W model otherwise. All units had rooftop-mounted air conditioner units which gave them their distinct "top hat" look.

Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) was the sole operator of this model. The company owned 125 units, numbered 8764–8888. NS specifically requested the standard cab and may have purchased more units had the Federal Railroad Administration not required it to purchase the wide-cab C40-9W version instead.

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