GE P40DC
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The GE P40DC is a diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by General Electric, commonly used in North American intercity and commuter rail service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GE P40DC canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1320821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GE P40DC Context triple: [Shore Line East, usesLocomotiveModel, GE P40DC]
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A.
GE P42DC
The GE P42DC is a diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by General Electric, widely used by Amtrak across the United States for long-distance and intercity services.
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B.
GE
GE is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Georgia, a nation at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
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C.
GE
GE is the Swiss canton code for Geneva, a major city and canton in western Switzerland known for its international organizations and financial center.
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D.
GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically)
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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E.
Daewoo G2X
The Daewoo G2X is a South Korean two-seat roadster sports car based on GM’s Kappa platform, closely related to the Saturn Sky and Opel GT.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GE P40DC Target entity description: The GE P40DC is a diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by General Electric, commonly used in North American intercity and commuter rail service.
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A.
GE P42DC
The GE P42DC is a diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by General Electric, widely used by Amtrak across the United States for long-distance and intercity services.
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B.
GE
GE is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Georgia, a nation at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
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C.
GE
GE is the Swiss canton code for Geneva, a major city and canton in western Switzerland known for its international organizations and financial center.
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D.
GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically)
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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E.
Daewoo G2X
The Daewoo G2X is a South Korean two-seat roadster sports car based on GM’s Kappa platform, closely related to the Saturn Sky and Opel GT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel-electric locomotive
ⓘ
passenger locomotive ⓘ |
| brakeType | air brakes ⓘ |
| builder |
General Electric Transportation
ⓘ
surface form:
GE Transportation
|
| builderModelCode | AMD-103 P40DC ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedBy |
General Electric Transportation
ⓘ
surface form:
GE Transportation Systems
|
| designedFor | passenger service ⓘ |
| engineType | 4-stroke V16 diesel ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Amtrak ⓘ |
| family |
GE Genesis series
ⓘ
surface form:
GE Genesis
|
| fuelType | diesel fuel ⓘ |
| gauge | 1,435 mm standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasCabConfiguration | full-width cowl body ⓘ |
| hasConfiguration | single-cab road locomotive ⓘ |
| hasMultipleWorking | yes ⓘ |
| hasSafetySystem |
automatic train control (on equipped units)
ⓘ
cab signaling (on equipped units) ⓘ |
| headEndPowerOutput | approximately 800 kW ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1990s ⓘ |
| length | approximately 69 ft ⓘ |
| manufacturer | General Electric ⓘ |
| modelNumber | P40DC ⓘ |
| operator |
Amtrak
ⓘ
Connecticut Department of Transportation ⓘ MARC Train ⓘ NJ Transit ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey Transit
Via Rail ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 4,000 hp ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| primeMover | GE 7FDL16 ⓘ |
| series | AMD-103 ⓘ |
| successorModel |
GE P32AC-DM
ⓘ
GE P42DC ⓘ |
| topSpeed | approximately 103 mph ⓘ |
| tractionMotors | DC traction motors ⓘ |
| trainHeating | head-end power ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′Bo′ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
corridor passenger trains
ⓘ
long-distance passenger trains ⓘ |
| usedIn |
commuter rail service
ⓘ
intercity rail service ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| usedInRegion | North America ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Amtrak intercity routes
ⓘ
commuter rail lines in the Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 268,000 lb ⓘ |
| wheelArrangementAAR | B-B ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GE P40DC Description of subject: The GE P40DC is a diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by General Electric, commonly used in North American intercity and commuter rail service.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
GE P42DC