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.

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 …

Built by General Electric between 1966 and 1976, the six-axle, 3000-h.p. U30C locomotive was General Electric’s alternative to EMD’s SD40 series. In that ten year time frame, GE built 600 U30C’s for a wide variety of operators.

The GE U30C was one of the earliest successes from General Electric in the diesel locomotive market. With 600 units sold, the U30C proved to be a viable alternative for customers who were unable to purchase SD40s or SD40-2s from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) due to …

2023年5月10日 · U30C: 592 units (best-selling early GE diesel locomotives) The U30C has eight tall engine access doors and a step up in the hood sides and roof at the front of the radiator. Jim Hediger photo

In the same year the power was increased to 3,000 hp, which led to the U30B and U30C. The 3,300 hp U33B arrived in December 1966, while the U33C did not follow until 1968. The first U28s were visually similar to the U25, but changes such as the shortened front hood were only introduced later.

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

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.

Trails a SD40-2 & C30-7 on a southbound loaded coal train at Alabama Street crossing.

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 SD40 s from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) due to production backlog.