page_title: GE Dash 8 Series
section_title: Dash 8-32B (B32-8)
hierarchical_section_title: GE Dash 8 Series / Four axle models / Dash 8-32B (B32-8)
caption_attribution_description: English: NS #3524 Battle Creek, Michigan
context_page_description: The Dash 8 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems. It replaced the Dash 7 Series in the mid-1980s, and was superseded by the Dash 9 Series for freight usage and the Genesis Series for passenger usage in the mid-1990s.
  All models of the Dash 8 Series are powered by a 16- or 12-cylinder, turbocharged, GE 7FDL 4-stroke diesel engine.
context_section_description: This model was manufactured between 1984 and 1989
  49 examples of the model were built for North American railroads.
  All but 4 of these units were ordered by Norfolk Southern.
  The others were 3 units ordered by Burlington Northern Railroad, and a GE demonstrator unit.
  Prime mover: GE 12-cylinder V-type 7FDL-12 four stroke diesel engine
  Power output: 3,150 hp (2,350 kW)
caption: An NS B32-8 at Hinman Yard.
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