GE B30-7

St Louis Southwestern (SSW), aka Cotton Belt #7784 in Rosenberg, Texas, January 5, 2001, very late in life.

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Build date	December 1977 – October 1983
Total produced	279

Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	61 ft 2 in (18.64 m)
Prime mover	GE FDL-16
Engine type	V16 diesel V12 diesel for B30-7A variants
Cylinders	16 12 for B30-7A variants

Performance figures
Power output	3,000 hp (2,200 kW)

Career
Operators	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. Shortline railroad Providence and Worcester Railroad acquired five ex-BN B30-7A cabless units, reclassified as B30-7AB units, numbered #3004-3008, in 2001. National Railway Equipment acquired these locomotives in 2015.^[1]

In early 2017, Chesapeake and Ohio unit 8272 was repainted by CSX into its original Chessie System livery and donated to the Lake Shore Railway Museum.^[2]

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Burlington Northern Railroad	120	4000-4119	model B30-7A Cabless units
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway	64	8235-8298	Chessie System Paint
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

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

References

↑ Hartley, Scott A. (2 January 2015). "Last Northeast diesel booster units depart". Trains. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ http://lakeshorerailway.com/lake-shore-railway-society-receives-restored-vintage-general-electric-dash-7-locomotive/

Diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation / GE Rail (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 U5B U6B
Universal Series	UM6B U9B U10B U12B U13B UD18 U18B U23B U25B U28B U30B U33B U36B UM12C U12C U14C U15C U17C U18C U18C1 U20C U20C1 U23C U25C U26C U28C U30C U33C U36C U50C U50
Passenger locomotives	U28CG U30CG U34CH P30CH B32-8WH 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 B39-8 B40-8 B40-8W C32-8 C39-8 C40-8 C40-8M C40-8W C40-8.5W C41-8W C44-8W
Dash 9 Series	C40-9 C40-9W C44-9W BB40-9W C-38AChe
AC series	AC4400CW AC6000CW C30ACi C44ACi
Evolution Series	ES40ACi ES40DC ES44DC ES44DCi ES44AC ES44C4 ET44AC ES59ACi
PowerHaul Series	PH37ACmi PH37ACi PH37ACmai
Indonesian series	U18A1A C18MMi C20EMP CM20EMP
(see also: List of GE locomotives)

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