GE U30B

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