GE Dash 8-40C

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**GE Dash 8-40C**
Power type	Diesel-electric
UP 9214, a Dash 8-40C, leads an eastbound train up California's Cajon Pass on May 10, 1991.
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	Dash 8-40C
AAR wheel arr.	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)

A GE Dash 8-40C is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems in the late 1980s. This locomotive model is sometimes referred to as a C40-8. or simply "Dash 8"

The companies that own at least one C40-8 as of 2006 include: CSX Transportation with 146, Norfolk Southern Railway with 88 and Union Pacific Railroad with 298.

v • d • e Diesel locomotives built by GE

Industrial and switch engines	60-ton boxcab • 100-ton boxcab • 600-hp centercab • 1000-hp centercab • DEY-2 • EN-6 • 25-ton • 35-ton • 43-ton • 44-ton • 45-ton • 50-ton • 60-ton • 65-ton • 70-ton • 80-ton • 95-ton • 100-ton • 110-ton • 125-ton • 126-ton • 128-ton • 1800-hp transfer • 2000-hp transfer • U5B • U6B

Universal Series	U9B • U10B • U12B • U13B • UD18 • U18B • U23B • U25B • U28B • U30B • U33B • U36B • U18C • U20C • U23C • U25C • U26C • U28C • U30C • U33C • U36C • U50 • U50C

Passenger locomotives	U28CG • U30CG • U34CH • P30CH • Genesis series (P40DC, P32AC-DM, P42DC)

Dash-7 series	B23-7 • BQ23-7 • B30-7 • B30-7A • B36-7 • C30-7 • C30-7A • C36-7

Dash-8 series	B32-8 • B32-8WH • B39-8 • B40-8 • B40-8P • B40-8W • C32-8 • C39-8 • C40-8 • C40-8M • C40-8W • C41-8W • C44-8W

Dash-9 series	C40-9 • C40-9W • C44-9W • BB40-9W

AC series	AC4400CW • AC6000CW

Evolution series	ES40DC • ES44DC • ES44AC