GE U30B

Penn Central U30B #2879 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970.

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	U30B
Build date	May 1966 – March 1975
Total produced	296

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	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 at 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
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	2500-2509
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
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 (Book 10). Waukesha, WI, USA: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0890242585.

External links

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

Diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation / GE Rail (GE)

Industrial and switch engines	60-ton boxcab 100-ton boxcab 600-hp centercab 1000-hp centercab DEY-2 EN-6 25-ton 35-ton 43-ton 44-ton 45-ton 50-ton 60-ton 65-ton 70-ton 80-ton 95-ton 100-ton 110-ton 125-ton 126-ton 128-ton 1800-hp transfer 2000-hp transfer U5B U6B

Universal Series	UM6B U9B U10B U12B U13B UD18 U18B U23B U25B U28B U30B U33B U36B U15C U17C U18C U18C1 U20C U20C1 U23C U25C U26C U28C U30C U33C U36C U50C U50

Passenger locomotives	U28CG U30CG U34CH P30CH B32-8WH Genesis series (P40DC, P32AC-DM, P42DC)

Dash 7 Series	B23-7 BQ23-7 B30-7 B30-7A B36-7 C30-7 C30-7A C36-7

Dash 8 Series	B32-8 B39-8 B40-8 B40-8W C32-8 C39-8 C40-8 C40-8M C40-8W C40-8.5W C41-8W C44-8W

Dash 9 Series	C40-9 C40-9W C44-9W BB40-9W C-38AChe

AC series	AC4400CW AC6000CW C30ACi C44ACi

Evolution Series	ES40ACi ES40DC ES44DC ES44DCi ES44AC ES44C4 ES59ACi

PowerHaul Series	PH37ACmi PH37ACi PH37ACmai

(see also: List of GE locomotives)

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