The GE U28B

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model replaced the U25B in early 1966, featuring a slightly uprated prime mover (only more power than the U25B). Early units had the same car body styling as the U25B, while later units had design features (e.g., shortened nose) more in common with later models. After only a year of production, this model was superseded by the U30B. Trains Magazine editor David P. Morgan wrote about General Electric's decision to go with 2800 horsepower in its 1966 locomotive production. The short article Morgan wrote in the November 1965 issue had line drawings of the proposed short nose U28B.

Original owners

Preservation

Only two U28B's are in preservation, and one of them has been rebuilt to U30B specs. * Transkentucky Transportation Incorporated 260 is preserved at the

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. It was built as Chicago Burlington and Quincy 114 in December 1966. *Vintage Locomotives Inc 5323, originally built as

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2504, is preserved at the

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. It was rebuilt to U30B specs late into its career.

References

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External links

* Sarberenyi, Robert.
GE U28B Original Owners
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