The GE U30C is a six-axle locomotive built by General Electric from 1966 to 1976. With 600 units sold, the U30C proved to be a viable alternative for customers who were unable to purchase SD40s from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) due to production backlog.

Detroit Edison (DEEX) was one of four major utility companies to purchase its own locomotive fleet to haul unit coal trains during the 1970s and 1980s. The six-axle SD40s and U30Cs, which were a common sight in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, predominantly shined the rails of Penn Central and Conrail.

2025年1月1日 · The U30C was General Electric's first high-horsepower, six-motored road-switcher. Thanks to new advancements in AC-DC transmission systems, GE was finally able to catalog a 3,000 horsepower variant. Its success proved GE …

Nice photo of Detroit Edison GE U30C sitting in Erie, PA, before its next run. Built by GE, it was delivered in March of 1972 and equipped with mid-train operations. It served the DE its entire life and was scrapped in 2011.

Pictures of DEEX 008, Model: U30C : 10/14/2024 View Photos ·Home · ... DE 008 : Description: 008 and 015 rest at Lange yard in North Toledo : Photo Date: 1/4/1991 Upload Date: 8/29/2011 4:16:06 PM : Location: Toledo, OH : Author: Rev. Jeremy …

Detroit Edison and Kaiser Steel might have been the most unique operators to purchase the U30 (DE receiving 11 and Kaiser with 5). The Kaiser Steel U30’s hauled ore trains from mine to mill in California’s Eagle Mountain, while the Detroit Edison locomotives were assigned unit train duties from the coal fields in western Pennsylvania to DTE ...

2010年10月29日 · Diesel & Electric Locomotive Specifications, 1981, by F. K. Hudson.

Detroit Edison U30C 007 leads 4 other DE U30Cs on an Eastbound Conrail UDM train in May 1986 at West Conway. West Conway tower can be seen in the background. by Willie Brown

Conrail inherited 10 U30C's from the Penn Central and the Reading Company. The 3,000hp U30C's were assigned CR series 6535-6539 and 6579-6583.

Most, if not all, of the U30Cs were retrofitted with Gyralites by the D&H. The electrical prints for the U30Cs were modified with the Gyralite in 1971, and the modifications were carried out on through late 1974 and early 1975. Since the U30Cs were ready for major overhauls during this period, they received the lights. All went to NdeM in 1978.