GE U30B

GE U30B
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Model U30B
Build date May 1966 – March 1975
Total produced 295
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AAR B-B
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover GE FDL-16
Engine type V16 diesel
Cylinders 16
Performance figures
Power output 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)

General Electric's U30B was a further development of the U28B diesel-electric locomotive, with a 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) 16-cylinder prime mover. It remained in production for over eight years. The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful as the GE U30C.

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Numbers
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 4 975-978
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 33 8200-8222, 8225-8234 (8223-8224 ex GE)
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 5 150-154 to Burlington Northern 5480-5484
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 5 6005-6009
General Electric (demonstrator units) 4 301-302 (to C&O), 303-304 (to WP)
Illinois Central Railroad 6 5000-5005
Louisville & Nashville Railroad 5 2505-2509
New York Central Railroad 58 2830-2857, 2860-2889
Norfolk and Western Railway 110 1930-1964, 8465-8539
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway 31 832-862 to Burlington Northern 5485-5516 (?)
Seaboard Air Line Railroad 15 800-814
Western Pacific Railroad 19 751-769 (770-771 ex GE)

References

  • Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972. Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-258-2.
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