Demonstrator, to CNW, to UP.

Ex-GE B36-8 Test Bed #606, which had been upgraded 11/86 to a proto-type B39-8E. Test bed/Demo unit; note Batch 1419 is assigned in GE records. It is NOT stamped on the locomotive. Featured "pre-Dash 7" improvements and wore special "XR" (Xtra Reliable) paint scheme; re-#d 5783 at time of BN-SLSF merger.

The GE C44-9W is a 4,400 hp (3,281 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania. Keeping in tradition with GE's locomotive series nicknames beginning with the "Dash 7" of the 1970s, the C44-9W was dubbed the Dash 9 …

A single C44-9W demonstrator unit, numbered 8601, made its debut in 1993 (and later became C&NW 8601). While similar at first glance to predecessor models like the C40-8 and C40-8W, the Dash-9 series featured a few notable physical differences.

A single C44-9W demonstrator unit, numbered 8601, made its debut in 1993 (and later became C&NW 8601). While similar at first glance to predecessor models like the C40-8 and C40-8W, the Dash-9 series featured a few notable physical differences.

Prototype History: Built in 1993 as GE (GECX?) 8601. Tested at DOT Pueblo track wearing a black and red scheme with a large GE logo on the side of the cab. It was sold to C&NW and repainted to CNW 860...from

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A single C44-9W demonstrator unit, numbered 8601, made its debut in 1993 (and later became C&NW 8601). While similar at first glance to predecessor models like the C40-8 and C40-8W, the Dash-9 series featured a few notable physical differences.

GECX 8601 General Electric's demonstrator C44-9W at Erie, Pennsylvania at an unknown date in November of 1993. GECX 8601 was the first C44-9W ever built, and would receive CNW colors soon after it's demonstrator livery. Photographer unknown.

The GE (General Electric) C44-9W (C44-9CW, CW44-9, Dash 9-44CW, Dash 9-44W, or simply "Dash 9 "), is a type of 16-cylinder, 4,400hp six-axle diesel locomotive built from 1993 to 2004.