GE B30-7
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GE B30-7 | |
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St Louis Southwestern (SSW), aka Cotton Belt #7784 in Rosenberg, Texas January 5, 2001 very late in life. | |
Specifications | |
Power type | Diesel-electric |
Builder | GE Transportation Systems |
Build date | December 1977 – October 1983 |
Total produced | 279 |
AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Length | 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m) |
Prime mover | GE FDL-16 |
Cylinders |
16 12 cylinders for B30-7A variants |
Power output | 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) |
Career | |
Railroad(s) | See table: Original owners |
Locale | North America |
The GE B30-7 diesel-electric locomotive model was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 16 cylinder motor. It is 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m) long. A change to the original B30-7 was using the 12 cylinder FDL rated at 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kilowatts), resulting in a B30-7A, B30-7A1 and a cabless B30-7A .
B30-7As were built only for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and are externally identical to the 16 cylinder version B30-7.
B30-7A1s were built only for the Southern Railway.
Cabless B30-7A were built only for the Burlington Northern Railroad.
Original owners
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Burlington Northern Railroad | 120 | 4000-4119 | model B30-7A Cabless units |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 64 | 8235-8298 | Chessie System |
Missouri Pacific Railroad | 55 | 4800-4854 | model B30-7A |
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway | 8 | 863-870 | rode on Alco trade in trucks |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | 26 | 7774-7799 | |
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | 17 | 5500-5516 | Family Lines Paint |
Southern Pacific Railroad | 84 | 7800-7883 | |
Southern Railway | 22 | 3500-3521 | model B30-7A1 |
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