GE公司目前正在为乌拉圭国家铁路制造10台Dash C18-7i型内燃机车,计划交付日期为1993年12月。这是该铁路自50年代以来向GE公司的首次订货。预期这批机车将会使乌拉圭国家铁路的牵引吨位增加25～30％。据乌拉圭铁路部门负责人说,之所以再次向GE公司购买这批机车,是因为GE公司的机车具有优良的性能,80多年前它向GE公司购买的39台内燃机车(1500英制马力)至今仍 GE is currently manufacturing 10 Dash C18-7i diesel locomotives for the Uruguayan National Railway with a planned delivery date of December 1993. This is the first order of the railway to GE since the 1950s. It is expected that these locomotives will increase the traction tonnage of the Uruguayan National Railway by 25% to 30%. According to Uruguay’s head of the railway department, the reason why the locomotives were purchased again from GE was because GE’s locomotives have excellent performance. The 39 diesel locomotives (1,500 hp) that it purchased from GE more than 80 years ago are still