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.

The GE U30B was a diesel-electric locomotive produced by GE Transportation between 1966 and 1975. It was a further development of the U28B, with a 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) 16-cylinder prime mover. [1] . The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful as the GE U30C.

The GE U30CG was a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems. It was a passenger variant of GE's U30C design purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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 …

2025年1月10日 · In many ways, the U30B was a milestone locomotive, allowing General Electric to finally offer a 3,000 horsepower road-switcher under a single hood. During the horsepower race of the 1960's, all three builders worked towards, and finally achieved, a 3,000 horsepower variant.

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.

Desiring something more streamlined on the point of its passenger trains, Santa Fe next took delivery of six cowl-bodied U30CG's numbered 400-405 from GE in late 1967. Inside, the units were standard U30C's with a steam generator, but outside, the short rounded nose and fluted carbody were like nothing seen on the rails before or since.

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.

2009年1月23日 · Just wondering why the U30C, and later C30-7, were more successful than their 3300 and 3600 counterparts even though both had 16 cylinder prime movers too. The SD45 had a more thirsty 20 cylinder 645 with crankshaft problems, so it’s easy to understand railroads choose the SD40/40-2 when fuel prices went up in the 1970s.

Of the three C-truck General Electric U-boats to arrive from Athearn in the '70s, the U30-C enjoyed the widest adoption among prototype railroads and had the highest production numbers.