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GE U30B

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GE U30B
CSX 5359, A U30B at Atlanta, Georgia, in June 1987.
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGE Transportation Systems
ModelU30B
Build dateMay 1966 – March 1975
Total produced295
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Prime moverGE FDL-16
Engine typeV16 diesel
Cylinders16
Performance figures
Power output3,000 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

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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

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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

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  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.
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