GE U30C

GE U30C

Infobox Locomotive
name=GE U30C
powertype=Diesel-electric



caption=BN 5383 operating at the Illinois Railway Museum.
gauge=RailGauge|ussg
builder=GE Transportation Systems
buildmodel=U30C
aarwheels=C-C
totalproduction=600
poweroutput=3000 hp 2240 kW)
disposition=most scrapped, some preserved
primemover=GE FDL-16
builddate=November 1966 – October 1976
locale=North America

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 distincion of powering the DOT's subway-car test tracks in Pueblo, Colorado before a connection from the commercial grid could be established Harv |Cudahy|1979| p=147.

Original Buyers

References

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* Thompson, J. David. " [http://users.inna.net/~jaydeet/u30c.htm GE U30C Original Owners] ".
*Citation |last= Cudahy |first= Brian J. |title= Under the Sidewalks of New York |publisher= The Stephen Greene Press |year= 1979 |isbn= 0-8289-0352-2


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