GE B30-7
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The GE B30-7 road switcher diesel-electric locomotive model was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 16 cylinder engine. 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 |
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| 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 |
References
- ^ Hartley, Scott A. (January 2, 2015). "Last Northeast diesel booster units depart". Trains. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ Grabowski, Ray (March 24, 2017). "Lake Shore Railway Historical Society Receives Restored Vintage General Electric Dash-7 Locomotive". Lake Shore Railway.
- Komanesky, John (January 16, 2011). "General Electric B30-7 & B30-7A Production Roster". The Diesel Shop.