The GE U30B was a diesel-electric locomotive produced by GE Transportation between 1966 and 1975. It was a further development of the U28B, with a 16-cylinder prime mover. The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful as the GE U30C.
Original owners RailroadQuantityNumbersNotesAtlantic Coast Line Railroad4975-978Blomberg trucksChesapeake and Ohio Railway338200-8222, 8225-82348223-8224 former GE demonstratorsChicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad5150-154 to Burlington Northern 5480-5484Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad56005-6009General Electric (demonstrator units)4301-304301-302 to C&O 8223-8224, 303-304 to WP 770-771Illinois Central Railroad65000-5005Louisville & Nashville Railroad52505-2509New York Central Railroad582830-2857, 2860-2889to Penn Central, Conrail 2830-2857, 2860-2889Norfolk and Western Railway1101930-1964, 8465-8539High-noseSt. Louis - San Francisco Railway31832-862 to Burlington Northern 5770-5799Seaboard Air Line Railroad15800-814Blomberg trucksWestern Pacific Railroad19751-769 770-771 former GE demonstrators, all with Blomberg trucks
Preservation
Western Pacific #3051 is preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California. It was donated by the Union Pacific in 1985.
References
External links
Thompson, David. U30B Original Owners