I have seen a couple of examples of Alco engines in tugboat and the like, but I haven’t really heard a lot about the GE FDL engine that is used in locomotives in a marine application. Why did this engine not catch on for marine use while EMD and even Alco found a dual use in locomotives and boats? A…

Have seen them used as DGs on steamboats. Some of the old SeaLand ex States Lines ships if I recall correctly.

The OSV’s Harvey Spirit and Supplier have GE 7FDM12 as their main engines. As far as engine designation goes, “M” stood for Marine, and “L” stood for Locomotive. Harvey Gulf’s LNG ATB have a pair of Wabtec 6L250 MDC Tier 4 engines. GE Transportation merged with Wabtec in 1999 and those engines are…

Most of the ex-harley now centerline atbs have GE main engines.

US Lines, thanks for the correction.

I have GE MDCs on my tug, the big selling pont was tier 4 compliance through EGR.

There are a number of tugs around , new and old, with GE engines.

You will likely find GE (and their successor Wabtec) Marine engines more prevalent than ALCO engines.

yea, same seadog, more ge than alco

I think cost is a big factor. They are much more expensive than the EMD’s. Secondly back in the day the mechanical governor units just weren’t that good. The electronic governor units do hold up very well with very little downtime. They do have some quality control issues. A number of years back alu…

GE FDL engines in marine use?

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M/V Excellence has a GE I believe

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