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Locomotive profile: GE, Wabtec Evolution series locomotives

By Angela Cotey | March 16, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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Canadian Pacific Evolution series ES44AC No. 8888 in Wisconsin.
Canadian Pacific Evolution series ES44AC No. 8888 in Wisconsin.
Jim Wrinn
Evolution series

•YEARS BUILT: 2003-present

•MANUFACTURER: General Electric

•OPERATED ON: Most North American Class I freight railroads

•NAMES: ES40DC, ES44DC, ES44AC, ES44C4, ET44AC, ET44C4

•QUANTITY: 7,325 as of Dec. 31, 2017

•HORSEPOWER: 4,400

•KNOWN FOR: Primary freight locomotive of the early 21st century in North America

•STATUS: Many operating in North America

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