GE B30-7

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GE B30-7

Seaboard System #5501 does the honors for the 1,000th trip to Kearny, New Jersey of the Tropicana Juice Train.
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 (1,435 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.

BN 4010, a B30-7AB, working in Aurora, Illinois, in 1993.

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