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 16-cylinder prime mover. The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful as the GE U30C.
Original owners
{| class="wikitable"
!Railroad
!Quantity
!Numbers
!Notes
|- align = "center"
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|4
|975-978
|Blomberg trucks
|- align = "center"
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|33
|8200-8222, 8225-8234
|8223-8224 former GE demonstrators
|- align = "center"
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|5
|150-154
|to Burlington Northern 5480-5484
|- align = "center
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|5
|6005-6009
|
|- align = "center"
|General Electric (demonstrator units)
|4
|301-304
|301-302 to C&O 8223-8224, 303-304 to WP 770-771
|- align = "center"
|Illinois Central Railroad
|6
|5000-5005
|
|- align = "center"
|Louisville & Nashville Railroad
|5
|2505-2509
|
|- align = "center"
|New York Central Railroad
|58
|2830-2857, 2860-2889
|to Penn Central, Conrail 2830-2857, 2860-2889
|- align = "center"
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|110
|1930-1964, 8465-8539
|High-nose
|- align = "center"
|St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
|31
|832-862
|to Burlington Northern 5770-5799
|- align = "center"
|Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|15
|800-814
|Blomberg trucks
|- align = "center"
|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.
References
External links
- Thompson, David. U30B Original Owners