Tags: Locomotive.
The GE B23-7 is a diesel locomotive model that was first offered by GE in late 1977. Featuring a smaller 12 cylinder version of the FDL engine it is the successor to GE’s U23B produced from early 1968 to mid 1977 but at 62 ft 2 in (18.95 m) long is exactly 2 ft 0 in (0.61 m). longer. It competed with the very successful EMD GP38-2. General Electric also produced a variant the BQ23-7 no.5130-5139 for the Seaboard Coast Line. A total of 537 B23-7’s were built for 9 U.S.
