GE U30B

GE U30B
CSX 5359, A U30B at Atlanta, Georgia, in June 1987.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model U30B Build date May 1966 – March 1975 Total produced 295
Specifications Configuration: ​  • 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)

The GE U30B was a diesel-electric locomotive produced by GE Transportation between 1966 and 1975. It was a further development of the U28B, with a 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) 16-cylinder prime mover.^[1] 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	Notes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	4	975-978	Blomberg trucks
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	33	8200-8222, 8225-8234	8223-8224 former GE demonstrators
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	301-304	301-302 to C&O 8223-8224, 303-304 to WP 770-771
Illinois Central Railroad	6	5000-5005
Louisville & Nashville Railroad	5	2505-2509
New York Central Railroad	58	2830-2857, 2860-2889	to Penn Central, Conrail 2830-2857, 2860-2889
Norfolk and Western Railway	110	1930-1964, 8465-8539	High-nose
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway	31	832-862	to Burlington Northern 5770-5799
Seaboard Air Line Railroad	15	800-814	Blomberg trucks
Western Pacific Railroad	19	751-769	770-771 former GE demonstrators, all with Blomberg trucks

Preservation

• Western Pacific #3051 is preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California. It was donated by the Union Pacific in 1985.^[2]

References

1. Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel locomotives : the first 50 years : a guide to diesels built before 1972. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Pub. Co. pp. 171–172. ISBN 0-89024-258-5. OCLC 34531120.
2. "Western Pacific 3051; 1967 GE U30B". Western Pacific Railroad Museum. Retrieved July 19, 2019.

External links

• Media related to GE U30B locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
• Thompson, David. U30B Original Owners