GE B30-7
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 BN 4010, a B30-7AB, working in Aurora, Illinois, in 1993. |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | GE Transportation Systems |
| Build date | December 1977 – May 1982 |
| Total production | 279 |
| AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) |
| Length | 61 ft 2 in |
| Prime mover | GE FDL-16 |
| Cylinders | 16 (12 cylinders for B30-7A variants) |
| Power output | 3000 hp |
The GE B30-7 diesel locomotive model was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 16 cylinder motor. It is 61 ft 2 in long. A change to the original B30-7 was using the 12 cylinder FDL rated at 3000 horsepower, resulting in a B30-7A, B30-7A1 and a B30-7AB. B30-7As were built only for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. B30-7A1s were built only for the Southern Railway. Cabless B30-7AB were built only for the Burlington Northern Railroad.
[edit] Original owners
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers |
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| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 64 | 8235-8298 |
| St. Louis - San Francisco Railway | 8 | 863-870 |
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway | 26 | 7774-7799 |
| Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | 17 | 5500-5516 |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | 84 | 7800-7883 |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | 55 | 4800-4854 |
| Southern Railway | 22 | 3500-3521 |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | 120 | 4000-4119 |
| Diesel locomotives built by GE | |
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| 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, U6B |
| Universal Series: | UD18, U18B, U23B, U25B, U28B, U30B, U33B, U36B, U23C, U25C, U26C, U28C, U30C, U33C, U36C, U50, U50C |
| Passenger locomotives: | U28CG, U30CG, U34CH, P30CH, 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, B32-8WH, B39-8, B40-8, B40-8P, B40-8W, C32-8, C39-8, C40-8, C40-8M, C40-8W, C44-8W |
| Dash-9 series: | C40-9, C40-9W, C44-9W |
| AC series: | AC4400CW, AC6000CW |
| Evolution Series: | ES40DC, ES44DC, ES44AC |
