GE C30-7
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 Conrail #6600, a GE C30-7, refueling at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| 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 U30C. It is powered by a 16-cylinder, 3,000-horsepower diesel engine. 1,137 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads. Conrail was the only Class 1 carrier to order a variant of the C30-7, the GE C30-7A, which was powered by a 12-cylinder, 3,000-horsepower FDL-series diesel engine. 50 known examples of this sub-type were built. Similarly, Conrail was the only purchaser of GE's Dash-8 follow-on model to the C30-7A, the 12-cylinder C32-8, of which 10 units were constructed.
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 | |
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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 |
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