The GE B30-7 is a diesel-electric locomotive model produced by GE from 1977 to 1983 as part of their Dash 7 Series, featuring a 16 cylinder engine producing 3,000 horsepower. A total of 399 units were produced, including 120 cabless B30-7A units. The B30-7AB/A(B) is an unofficial model. The B30-7 was GE's successor to the U30B.
Design and production history
thumb|left|300px|[[Burlington Northern Railroad|BN 4010, a B30-7A, working in Aurora, Illinois, in 1993.]]
The B30-7 was designed from the B23-7, and was nearly identical in appearance. However, the B30-7 featured 3,000 horsepower, compared to the B23-7's 2,300 horsepower. Almost all were built with FB2 trucks. Most of the remaining B30-7A(B)s were retired in 1999.
Preservation
- Chesapeake & Ohio #8272 is preserved at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania. It was donated by CSX in 2017.
- Southern Pacific #7815 is owned by the Midwest Overland Rail Preservation Society. It was donated by Pennsy Supply Inc in 2024.
- Southern Pacific #7863 is preserved by a private owner in South Fork, Colorado.
Original owners
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#c0c090;" | Railroad
! style="background:#c0c090;" | Quantity
! style="background:#c0c090;" | Road numbers
! style="background:#c0c090;" | Notes
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|120
|4000-4119
|model B30-7A(B) cabless units
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|64
|8235-8298
|Chessie System Paint
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|58
|4800-4854
|model B30-7A. The first three were an experimental modification of the B23-7.
|-
|St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
|8
|863-870
|rode on Alco trade in trucks
|-
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|26
|7774-7799
|
|-
|Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
|17
|5500-5516
|Family Lines Paint
|-
|Southern Pacific Railroad
|84
|7800-7883
|
|-
|Southern Railway
|22
|3500-3521
|model B30-7A1
|-
|}