GE B30-7

GE B30-7
St Louis Southwestern (SSW), aka Cotton Belt #7784 in Rosenberg, Texas, January 5, 2001, very late in life.
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Build date December 1977 – October 1983
Total produced 396
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AAR B-B
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m)
Prime mover GE FDL-16
Engine type V16 diesel
V12 diesel for B30-7A variants
Cylinders 16
12 for B30-7A variants
Performance figures
Power output 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Career
Operators See table: Original owners
Locale North America

The GE B30-7 diesel-electric locomotive model was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 16 cylinder engine. It is 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m) long. A change to the original B30-7 was using the 12 cylinder FDL rated at 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kilowatts), resulting in a B30-7A, B30-7A1 and a cabless B30-7A .

B30-7As were built only for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and are externally identical to the 16-cylinder version B30-7.

B30-7A1s were built only for the Southern Railway.

Cabless B30-7A were built only for the Burlington Northern Railroad. Shortline railroad Providence and Worcester Railroad acquired five ex-BN B30-7A cabless units, reclassified as B30-7AB units, numbered #3004-3008, in 2001. National Railway Equipment acquired these locomotives in 2015.[1]

In early 2017, Chesapeake and Ohio unit 8272 was repainted by CSX into its original Chessie System livery and donated to the Lake Shore Railway Museum.[2]

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Burlington Northern Railroad 120 4000-4119 model B30-7A Cabless units
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 64 8235-8298 Chessie System Paint
Missouri Pacific Railroad 55 4800-4854 model B30-7A
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway 8 863-870 rode on Alco trade in trucks
St. Louis Southwestern Railway 26 7774-7799
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 17 5500-5516 Family Lines Paint
Southern Pacific Railroad 84 7800-7883
Southern Railway 22 3500-3521 model B30-7A1
BN 4010, a B30-7A, working in Aurora, Illinois, in 1993.

References

  1. ↑ Hartley, Scott A. (2 January 2015). "Last Northeast diesel booster units depart". Trains. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ↑ http://lakeshorerailway.com/lake-shore-railway-society-receives-restored-vintage-general-electric-dash-7-locomotive/

The Diesel Shop Roster http://www.thedieselshop.us/GE_B30-7.HTML

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