GE 70-ton switcher

GE 70-ton switcher

Infobox Locomotive
name=GE 70-ton switcher
powertype=Diesel-electric
gauge=RailGauge|ussg
builder=GE Transportation Systems
buildmodel=70-ton switcher
totalproduction=238 [cite book
author=Pinkepank, Jerry A.
title=The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide
publisher=Kalmbach Publishing Co.
location=Milwaukee, WI
year=1973
id=ISBN 0-89024-026-4
pages=153–158
]
weight=70 ton
aarwheels=B-B
builddate=1947 – 1955
primemover=Cooper-Bessemer FWL-6T
cylindercount=6
poweroutput=500 to 660 hp
locale=North America
The GE 70-ton switcher is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Electric between about 1947 and 1955. It is classified as a B-B type locomotive.

Nearly 50 years later the Modesto & Empire Traction Reporting mark|MET uses nine of these reliable 70-ton locomotives (MET No. 600-609) on their railroad along with two former SP SW1500s. These locomotives were also used extensively by the Santa Maria Valley Railroad Reporting mark|SMV.

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