GE B30-7

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.

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.