GE OmniScriptum GE U18B: Diesel locomotive, GE Transportation, Road switcher

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The GE U18B Diesel-electric locomotive was introduced by GE Transportation as a branch line roadswitcher in 1973. Easy to spot due to its relatively short length - 54 ft 8 in - it was the only North American locomotive powered by the 8-cylinder 7FDL engine. The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad bought 105 U18Bs, far more than the second-best U.S. customer, the Maine Central Railroad, which ordered 10. Most of the SCL and MEC U18Bs rode on refurbished Blomberg trucks, recycled from old EMD locomotives, making the U18B even more visually distinct from other GE locomotives.