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

| enginetype= V16 diesel

| 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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!Railroad

!Quantity

!Numbers

!Notes

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|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

|4

|975-978

|Blomberg trucks

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|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

|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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|Illinois Central Railroad

|6

|5000-5005

|

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|Louisville & Nashville Railroad

|5

|2505-2509

|

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|New York Central Railroad

|58

|2830-2857, 2860-2889

|to Penn Central, Conrail 2830-2857, 2860-2889

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|Norfolk and Western Railway

|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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|Seaboard Air Line Railroad

|15

|800-814

|Blomberg trucks

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|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.{{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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