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. Throughout its ten-year production span, the U30C was known for reliability issues ...

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.

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 …

The class unit of N&W's U30C fleet, a fleet of three, is at Hagerstown yard.

2017年7月19日 · Compared to the Leslie and other air horns, the Nathan gave the newer C&NW locomotives an unparalleled sound, which was not only distinctive and pleasant but also noticeable to motorists. As a side note, the "C&NW" horn was selected by Australia's Hamersley Iron railroad officials while visiting GE at Erie, during specification reviews for ...

C&NW U30C 930 : Description: Taken in the early 1970s. Photo Date: 1/1/1972 Upload Date: 4/21/2022 12:29:04 PM : Location: Unknown, IA : Author: Bob Jordan: Categories: Locomotives: CNW 930(U30C) Views: 69 Comments: 0: Title: C&NW U30Cs #931 + #930 : Description: C&NW U30Cs #931 + #930, both built 1//68, both retired 9/14/78, to H-M, to NdeM 9 ...

A NS U30C in the new NS O-Gauge shed built by a friend, at the 4H summer fair : Photo Date: 8/10/2018 Upload Date: 10/19/2018 7:46:32 PM : Location: Bridgewater, NJ : Author: Alex Piechowski: Categories: Locomotives: NS 8000(U30C) Views: 520 Comments: 0

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 …

DOT U30C #001, Pueblo Locomotive HRS. Pueblo CO 2003, blt 1971 cn38090.

Athearn's U30C is a Phase 2 U30C. The Norfolk & Western's three units built in 1974 are certainly Phase 3 machines. Don't know how accurate you want to be on the model, but there is a difference in the radiator area.