In the 1960s, GE supplied 10 steam boiler-equipped U28CG locomotives to Santa Fe, which shared the same outward appearance of a six-axle hood unit. Like the EMD F40PH, the U34CH needed to run at full ...

The locomotives were among the earliest GE units built exclusively for passenger service and some of the earliest locomotives to have head-end power, now standard on passenger engines. Because of the ...