GE B30-7

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GE B30-7

BN 4010, a B30-7AB, working in Aurora, Illinois, in 1993.
Power type	Diesel-electric
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
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

v • d • e 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, 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