The GE B30-7 is a diesel-electric locomotive model produced by GE from 1977 to 1983 as part of their Dash 7 Series, featuring a 16 cylinder engine producing 3,000 horsepower. A total of 399 units were produced, including 120 cabless B30-7A units. [ 1 ]

2025年1月2日 · Upon request from Missouri Pacific, General Electric also manufactured a variant, the B30-7A. This locomotive was externally identical to the B23-7 but featured an uprated 12-cylinder, 7FDL prime mover that could also produce 3,000 horsepower. This improvement enabled greater fuel savings and lower maintenance costs.

The B30-7 was of similar length to the B23-7, but was equipped with a more powerful 16-cylinder 7FDL16 engine. It replaced the U30B model. Between December 1977 and May 1982, a total of 279 units of the B30-7 model were produced. These production numbers include the three different B30-7A variants described below.

Cabless U-boats were first purchased from General Electric by the Burlington Northern in June through August, 1982. The first group of 53 units, numbered 4000-4052 was designated as model B30-7A. They weigh 135 tons each, have a 83:20 gear ratio, 3200 gallon fuel tanks, dynamic brakes, GE type FB-2 trucks, and are 61'-2" long.

2024年4月15日 · The launch customer for the B30-7 was Frisco Railway in late 1977, one of seven railroads to order the model. Missouri Pacific would receive three of its B23-7s from GE with an upgraded 12-cylinder prime mover rated at 3,000 hp. This would become the B30-7A model offered by GE, with Missouri Pacific ordering 55 more of this design.

NREX 3514 in Curitiba 2010 (B30-7A; #43886. Ex SOU 3514, ex NS 3514)

2024年7月25日 · The B30-7A is an uprated revision of the catalogued but unbuilt B28-7 from the 1976 New Series catalog, with a power uprate from 2750 to 3000 horsepower. Originally offered as a more fuel efficient B30-7, the B30-7A boasted a large number of iterative upgrades GE was using to bring the Series 7 up to spec with the recently announced EMD 50 Series.

The GE B30-7 is a diesel-electric locomotive model produced by GE from 1977 to 1983 as part of their Dash 7 Series, featuring a 16 cylinder engine producing 3,000 horsepower. A total of 399 units were produced, including 120 cabless B30-7A units.

General Electric B30-7A Diesels 200, Class B30-7A, was built in November 1981, #43735, as Missouri Pacific 4800. It became UP 200, Class B30-7A, on June 3, 1988, and retired on December 20, 2006.

The B30-7 was a BoBo Diesel Electric locomotive built between 1977~983 by General Electric, the 2nd model in the Dash7 series. Production totals were 199 standard B30-7s, 58 B30-7As, 22 B30-7A1s, & 120 cabless B30-7A(B)s. Initially B30-7s were fitted with the 7FD16 diesel engine like the C30-7A...