GE U30B

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GE U30B
GE U30B
Milwaukee Road U30B at Hampton, Washington, 1979.
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Model U30B
Build date December 1966 – March 1975
Total production 296
AAR wheel arr. B-B
Gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover GE FDL-16
Cylinders 16
Power output 3000 hp (2240 kW)

General Electric's U30B was a further development of the U28B locomotive, with a 3000 horsepower (2240 kW) 16-cylinder prime mover. It remained in production for over eight years. The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful at the GE U30C.

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Railroad Quantity
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 4
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 33
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 5
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 5
General Electric (demonstrator units) 4
Illinois Central Railroad 6
Louisville & Nashville Railroad 5
New York Central Railroad 58
Norfolk and Western Railway 111
St. Louis - San Francisco Railroad 31
Seaboard Air Line Railroad 15
Western Pacific Railroad 19

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