GE B23-7 (Need engine spec for this model)

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:wave: Good Day all, Came across some Conrail Units that are missing there Engine Spec, and I need to plug something in to use them.

I'm not familier with the Engine Specs on this particular model, could one of you suggest one that I can get by on! It doesn't have to be accurate or anything just something that would work OK with this type Loco.

I posted what I could find below on Horsepower etc.......

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[TH="colspan: 2, align: center"]GE B23-7[/TH]
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[TD="colspan: 2, align: center"] BNSF 4258 switching the intermodal yards at Commerce, California, February 15, 2005.
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[TH]Power type[/TH]
[TD]Diesel-electric[/TD]
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[TH]Builder[/TH]
[TD]GE Transportation Systems GE de Brazil[/TD]
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[TH]Model[/TH]
[TD]B23-7[/TD]
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[TH]Build date[/TH]
[TD]SEP 1977 – DEC 1984[/TD]
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[TH]Total produced[/TH]
[TD]U.S. - 412 units; Mexico - 125 units.[/TD]
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[TH]Configuration:
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[TH] • AAR[/TH]
[TD]B-B[/TD]
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[TH]Gauge[/TH]
[TD]4 ft 8 [SUP]1[/SUP]⁄[SUB]2[/SUB] in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), Brazil[/TD]
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[TH]Length[/TH]
[TD]62 ft 2 in (18.95 m)[/TD]
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[TH]Prime mover[/TH]
[TD]GE FDL-12[/TD]
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[TH]Engine type[/TH]
[TD]V12 diesel[/TD]
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[TH]Cylinders[/TH]
[TD]12[/TD]
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[TH]Power output[/TH]
[TD]2,250 hp (1,680 kW)[/TD]
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[TH="bgcolor: #804611, colspan: 2, align: center"][hide]Career[/TH]
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[TH]Nicknames[/TH]
[TD]B-boat[/TD]
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The GE B23-7 is a diesel locomotive model that was first offered by GE in late 1977. Featuring a smaller 12 cylinder version of the FDL engine, it is the successor to GE's U23B produced from early 1968 to mid 1977, but at 62 ft 2 in (18.95 m) long is exactly 2 ft 0 in (0.61 m). longer. It competed with the very successful EMD GP38-2. General Electric also produced a variant, the BQ23-7, no.5130-5139, for the Seaboard Coast Line. A total of 537 B23-7's were built for 9 U.S. customers and 2 Mexican customers.
A B23-7A is a 12-cylinder B23-7 with horsepower boosted to 250 per cylinder or 3,000 horsepower. In 1980 the Missouri Pacific ordered three B23-7A's (#'s 4667-4669, later UP #'s 257-259) and tested them system-wide. The result was the GE model B30-7A, B30-7 with a 12-cylinder FDL prime mover. They were not renumbered into the B30-7A series on the MP because they lacked Sentry Wheel Slip and had different engine governors.

13 B23-7's were built by GE of Brazil in Dec.1979 for United South Eastern Railways(FUS) no.522-524 and National Railways of Mexico(NdeM) no.9130-9139. 17 B23-7s were built from GE kits in Mexico as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México no.10047-10052 and no.12001-12011.
Southern Railway's 54 units had Southern's "standard" high-short-hoods.
These engines frequently are rebuilt as Control Car Remote Control Locomotive (CCRCL) due to their low value on the used locomotive market.