GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically)

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diesel-electric passenger locomotive

The GE P42DC is a diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by General Electric for Amtrak and other operators, widely used across North American intercity rail services.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
GE P42DC (non-electrified segments)	1
GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diesel-electric passenger locomotive ⓘ
builderModelFamily	Genesis ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	North American loading gauge ⓘ North American passenger rolling stock ⓘ high-speed passenger service relative to conventional diesel locomotives ⓘ
followedBy	Siemens Charger ⓘ
hasBodyStyle	full-width cowl body ⓘ
hasCabConfiguration	single cab ⓘ
hasControlSystem	microprocessor-based control ⓘ
hasCoupling	AAR knuckle coupler ⓘ
hasFuelType	diesel fuel ⓘ
hasHeadEndPower	yes ⓘ
hasNickname	Amtrak Genesis ⓘ Genesis P42 ⓘ
hasOperatorRole	road locomotive ⓘ
hasPrimeMover	GE 7FDL16 ⓘ surface form: GE FDL-series diesel engine
hasSafetyFeature	crash energy management elements (relative to earlier designs) ⓘ
hasTransmission	electric ⓘ
introducedBy	Amtrak ⓘ
introducedInDecade	1990s ⓘ
manufacturer	General Electric ⓘ
operator	Amtrak ⓘ MARC Train ⓘ surface form: MARC Train (historically via lease or testing in some contexts) Vermont Railway ⓘ Via Rail ⓘ surface form: Via Rail Canada
partOfSeries	GE Genesis series ⓘ
powerType	diesel-electric ⓘ
precededBy	GE P40DC ⓘ
primaryUse	intercity passenger service ⓘ
railwayVehicleType	mainline passenger locomotive ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usedBy	federally supported Amtrak routes ⓘ state-supported Amtrak routes ⓘ
usedFor	push-pull operation ⓘ single-ended locomotive-hauled trains ⓘ supplying head-end power to passenger cars ⓘ
usedOn	Amtrak corridor services ⓘ Amtrak long-distance routes ⓘ surface form: Amtrak long-distance trains Amtrak’s eastern long-distance routes ⓘ Amtrak’s national network ⓘ Amtrak’s western long-distance routes ⓘ Via Rail ⓘ surface form: Via Rail intercity services cross-border services between the United States and Canada ⓘ non-electrified mainline routes ⓘ non-electrified segments historically where electric locomotives could not operate ⓘ non-electrified segments of the Northeast Corridor (historically and on branches) ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amtrak Northeast Regional → locomotiveUsed → GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically) ⓘ

Amtrak Cardinal → usesLocomotiveType → GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically) ⓘ

this entity surface form: GE P42DC (non-electrified segments)