GE B30-7

The GE B30-7 road switcher diesel-electric locomotive model was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 16 cylinder engine. It is 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m) long. A change to the original B30-7 was using the 12 cylinder FDL rated at 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kilowatts), resulting in a B30-7A, B30-7A1 and a cabless B30-7A .

GE B30-7
St Louis Southwestern (SSW), aka Cotton Belt #7784 in Rosenberg, Texas, January 5, 2001, very late in life.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Build date December 1977 – October 1983 Total produced 396
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Length 61 ft 2 in (18.64 m) Prime mover GE FDL-16 Engine type V16 diesel V12 diesel for B30-7A variants Cylinders 16 12 for B30-7A variants
Performance figures Power output 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Career Operators See table: Original owners Locale North America

B30-7As were built only for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and are externally identical to the 16-cylinder version B30-7.

B30-7A1s were built only for the Southern Railway.

Cabless B30-7A were built only for the Burlington Northern Railroad. Shortline railroad Providence and Worcester Railroad acquired five ex-BN B30-7A cabless units, reclassified as B30-7AB units, numbered #3004-3008, in 2001. National Railway Equipment acquired these locomotives in 2015.[1]

In early 2017, Chesapeake and Ohio unit 8272 was repainted by CSX into its original Chessie System livery and donated to the Lake Shore Railway Museum.[2]