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