GE C30-7

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GE C30-7

Conrail #6600, a GE C30-7, refueling at Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	C30-7
Build date	1976 – 1985
Total production	1,137 (50 were C30-7A variants)
AAR wheel arr.	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Cylinders	16 (12 cylinders on C30-7A variants)
Power output	3000 hp
Locale	North America

The GE C30-7 is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1976 and 1985 as an updated U30B. It is powered by a 16-cylinder, 3,000-horsepower diesel engine. 1,137 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads. A variant used by Conrail, C30-7A, was powered by a 12-cylinder, 3,000-horsepower FDL-series diesel engine. 50 known examples of this sub-type were built.

The early models of the C30-7 had four windows on each side of the cab, but in 1980 rules were enacted for making windows "projectile resistant," which eliminated the outer windows in later production; those same windows were filled in with sheet metal on the early units.^{[citation needed]}

Diesel locomotives built by GE
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, 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