GE U30C
BN 5383 operating at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	U30C
Build date	November 1966 – October 1976
Total production	600 (plus 6 U30CG)
AAR wheel arr.	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover	GE FDL-16
Power output	3000 hp 2240 kW)
Locale	North America
Disposition	most scrapped, some preserved

General Electric's U30C was at one time the company's most successful six-axle locomotive, with 600 units being sold over a production run spanning more than nine and a half years. This locomotive model is capable of producing 3000 horsepower. The U30C also has the unusual distinction of having powering the DOT's subway-car test tracks in Pueblo, Colorado before a connection from the commercial electric power grid could be established (Cudahy 1979, p. 147).

The GE U30CG was a variant of the U30C for passenger service.

[edit] Original owners

[edit] References

• Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years. Kalmbach. ISBN 0-89024-258-5. 
• Cudahy, Brian J. (1979), Under the Sidewalks of New York, The Stephen Greene Press, ISBN 0-8289-0352-2 

[edit] External links

• Thompson, David. EMD U30C Original Owners