Editing GE U30B

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{{Infobox locomotive
|  name=GE U30B
|  powertype=[[Diesel-electric]]
|  image=CSX 5359 at Atlanta, GA on June 10, 1987 (22146057823).jpg
|  caption=CSX 5359, A U30B at [[Atlanta, Georgia]], in June 1987.
|  gauge={{track gauge|ussg}}
|  builder=[[GE Transportation Systems]]
|  buildmodel=U30B
|  poweroutput={{convert|3000|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on}}
|  cylindercount=16
|  aarwheels=B-B
|  primemover=GE FDL-16
|  enginetype= [[V16 engine|V16]] [[Diesel engine|diesel]]
|  builddate=May 1966 &ndash; March 1975
|  totalproduction=295
}}
The '''GE U30B''' was a [[diesel-electric locomotive]] produced by [[GE Transportation]] between 1966 and 1975. It was a further development of the [[GE U28B|U28B]], with a {{convert|3000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[V16 engine|16-cylinder]] prime mover.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marre|first=Louis A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34531120|title=Diesel locomotives : the first 50 years : a guide to diesels built before 1972|date=1995|publisher=Kalmbach Pub. Co|isbn=0-89024-258-5|location=Waukesha, WI|pages=171–172|oclc=34531120}}</ref> The U30B competed with the [[EMD GP40]] and the [[ALCO Century 430]], but was not as successful as the [[GE U30C]].

==Original owners==
{| class="wikitable"
!Railroad
!Quantity
!Numbers
!Notes
|- align = "center"
|[[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]
|4
|975-978
|Blomberg trucks
|- align = "center"
|[[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]]
|33
|8200-8222, 8225-8234
|8223-8224 former GE demonstrators
|- align = "center"
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|5
|150-154 
|to [[Burlington Northern]] 5480-5484
|- align = "center
|[[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]]
|5
|6005-6009
|
|- align = "center"
|[[General Electric]] (demonstrator units)
|4
|301-304
|301-302 to C&O 8223-8224, 303-304 to WP 770-771
|- align = "center"
|[[Illinois Central Railroad]]
|6
|5000-5005
|
|- align = "center"
|[[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]]
|5
|2505-2509
|
|- align = "center"
|[[New York Central Railroad]]
|58
|2830-2857, 2860-2889
|to [[Penn Central]], [[Conrail]] 2830-2857, 2860-2889
|- align = "center"
|[[Norfolk and Western Railway]]
|110
|1930-1964, 8465-8539
|High-nose
|- align = "center"
|[[St. Louis - San Francisco Railway]]
|31
|832-862 
|to [[Burlington Northern]] 5770-5799
|- align = "center"
|[[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]]
|15
|800-814
|Blomberg trucks
|- align = "center"
|[[Western Pacific Railroad]]
|19
|751-769 
|770-771 former GE demonstrators, all with Blomberg trucks
|-
|}

== Preservation ==
[[Western Pacific Railroad|Western Pacific]] #3051 is preserved at the [[Western Pacific Railroad Museum]] in [[Portola, California]]. It was donated by the [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Pacific 3051; 1967 GE U30B |url=https://www.wplives.org/locomotivepages/wp3051.html |access-date=2019-07-19 |website=Western Pacific Railroad Museum}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline|GE U30B locomotives}}
* Thompson, David. ''[http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/u30b.htm U30B Original Owners]''

{{GE diesels}}

[[Category:General Electric locomotives|U30B]]
[[Category:B-B locomotives]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1966]]
[[Category:Freight locomotives]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States]]
[[Category:Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives]]
[[Category:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy locomotives]]
[[Category:Illinois Central locomotives]]
[[Category:Milwaukee Road locomotives]]
[[Category:New York Central Railroad locomotives]]
[[Category:Norfolk and Western Railway locomotives]]
[[Category:St. Louis–San Francisco Railway locomotives]]
[[Category:Western Pacific Railroad locomotives]]

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