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.

Jan 10, 2025 · 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.

NYC 2858 and 2859 (b/n 36397,36398) were ordered as U30B and their builder's plates were stamped U30B, but GE delivered them in September 1967 as U33B prototypes (GE did the same thing with a Milwaukee U30C order at the end of the year).

Diesel & Electric Locomotive Specifications, 1981, by F. K. Hudson.

Powered by a V16 FDL prime mover, the 3,000 h.p. U30B was GE’s answer to EMDs popular GP40 and ALCOs C430 Locomotive. A total of 295 U30Bs were built by GE between 1966 and 1975. This model represents a “phase 2” U30B locomotive.

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. The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful as the GE U30C.

L&N U30B 2504 at Nashville, Tennessee on an unknown day in August 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The stack is covered and the words 'Family Lines System' have been painted out in matching yellow paint.

General Electric U30B Diesels 2841, Class U-30-B, was built in July 1967, #36380, as New York Central 2841, Class GF-30. It became Penn Central 2841, Class GF-30, in 1968 and became Conrail 2841, Class U-30-B, in April 1976.

Conrail owned 60 of this 3,000 horsepower dynamic brake equipped model from GE. All were of New York Central heritage and Penn Central ownership and were built between December of 1966 and December of 1967.

U30B 5005 is shown here at East St Louis in serious need of a bath; it was one of five that were sold to the short-lived Iowa RR in 1982.