2015年12月27日 · Eight UP GP30s (UP 804, 807, 809, 813, 815, 817, 820, 835) were leased to Kennecott Copper Corporation from September 1975 to November 1978 (along with four D&RGW GP30s and two ATSF U25Bs) for waste rock train service in Kennecott's giant Bingham Canyon mine near Salt Lake City.

The sole purchaser of B units (by the mid-1960s generally an outdated concept) was the UP, who kept the practice of running its locomotives in matched sets much longer than others. Thirteen of those GP30B units were fitted with steam generators for heating passenger trains, the only GP30s to receive them.

GP30B : Description: The UP decided it did not need all those cabs, and ordered a variety of "B" units from EMD, including, besides the usual E and F units, GP9s, GP30s, SD24s and DD35s. By the 1980s most of these were off the roster, though some GP30Bs hung on in storage at Yermo. Here are a couple, awaiting a call that would not come. Photo Date:

Union Pacific Railroad Company Photographic Roster, Locomotive Model: GP30B

UP GP30B 738B at Denver, Colorado on August 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in July 1963 (c/n 28253) on EMD Order 7649, this unit was equipped with a steam generator. The UP received a total of 40 GP30B's from EMD, the first 27 (road #'s 700B-726B) were freight-only units, the rest (road #'s 727B-739B) were equipped with steam ...

2010年9月29日 · The Electromotive Division GP30 is a 4 axle, 2,250 HP diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD from 1961 to 1963. It used a turbo charged 16 cylinder 567D3 engine rated at 2,250 HP. The GP30 was built largely as a response to GE's new 2,500 HP U25B and ALCO's RS27.

The GP30s operated on UP from 1962 and 1963 until 1989, when the last one, UP 844, was retired. The GP30Bs were retired earlier, the last one leaving the active roster in 1986. Life-Like has just recently shipped its newest Proto 2000 model.

Introduced in 1961, the General Purpose 30 locomotive is easily recognized due to its unique engine-hood style. Utilizing the 567-series engine, the GP30 produced 2250HP. To reduce costs of new units, some GP30s were built using AAR Type-B trucks from trade-in ALCO locomotives. Union Pacific was the only railroad to roster cabless booster GP30B ...

2015年10月28日 · So from what I’ve been reading, UP ordered 8 of its GP30Bs with steam generators for passenger service. Were these ever actually used as such? If so, what did the consist look like, when/where was it used, and how long …

2023年5月6日 · The UP purchased 112 GP30s between 1961(800-875) and 1963 (700-735). The UP would also purchase 40 GP30Bs in 1963 (700B-739B) which were the only GP30Bs erected. The 844 is preserved at the Nevada Southern Railway Museum in Boulder City, CO.