The GE C36-7 is a 6-axle

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built by

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, GE do Brazil and A Goninan & Co between 1978 and 1989. It is an updated

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with a 16-cylinder FDL engine. It is externally similar to the

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but has larger air intakes under the radiators. The

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grids of later units are located in a high box behind the cab. C36-7s were constructed with either 3,600 or 3,750 hp.

Production history

599 examples of this locomotive were built, 422 of which were exported to the

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, where it is designated as the

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s ND5. GE do Brazil built 15 C36-7s for

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, numbers 9327–9341. The three Hamersley Iron units built by A Goninan & Co were exported to the

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in the late 1990s after being withdrawn from service in Australia and were later sold to various railway companies. In 2003, 58 former

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units acquired by

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were exported to

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for

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, alongside 19 C30-7s from

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and

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Original owners

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