GE U30B

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.

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)

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