GE U30B
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{{Infobox locomotive
| name=GE U30B
| powertype=Diesel-electric
| image=CSX 5359 at Atlanta, GA on June 10, 1987 (22146057823).jpg
| caption=CSX 5359, A U30B at Atlanta, Georgia, in June 1987.
| gauge={{track gauge|ussg}}
| builder=GE Transportation Systems
| buildmodel=U30B
| poweroutput={{convert|3000|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| cylindercount=16
| aarwheels=B-B
| primemover=GE FDL-16
| builddate=May 1966 – March 1975
| totalproduction=295
}}
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 {{convert|3000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} 16-cylinder prime mover.{{Cite book|last=Marre|first=Louis A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34531120|title=Diesel locomotives : the first 50 years : a guide to diesels built before 1972|date=1995|publisher=Kalmbach Pub. Co|isbn=0-89024-258-5|location=Waukesha, WI|pages=171–172|oclc=34531120}} 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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|4 |975-978 |Blomberg trucks |
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|33 |8200-8222, 8225-8234 |8223-8224 former GE demonstrators |
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|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |5 |150-154 |to Burlington Northern 5480-5484 |
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|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |5 |6005-6009 | |
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|General Electric (demonstrator units) |4 |301-304 |301-302 to C&O 8223-8224, 303-304 to WP 770-771 |
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|6 |5000-5005 | |
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|Louisville & Nashville Railroad |5 |2505-2509 | |
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|58 |2830-2857, 2860-2889 |to Penn Central, Conrail 2830-2857, 2860-2889 |
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|110 |1930-1964, 8465-8539 |High-nose |
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|St. Louis - San Francisco Railway |31 |832-862 |to Burlington Northern 5770-5799 |
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|15 |800-814 |Blomberg trucks |
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|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.{{Cite web |title=Western Pacific 3051; 1967 GE U30B |url=https://www.wplives.org/locomotivepages/wp3051.html |access-date=2019-07-19 |website=Western Pacific Railroad Museum}}
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|GE U30B locomotives}}
- Thompson, David. [http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/u30b.htm U30B Original Owners]
{{GE diesels}}
Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States
Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1966
Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives
Category:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy locomotives
Category:Illinois Central locomotives
Category:Milwaukee Road locomotives
Category:New York Central Railroad locomotives
Category:Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives
Category:St. Louis–San Francisco Railway locomotives
Category:Western Pacific Railroad locomotives
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