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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ssw7784: KLWhitehead· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Southern Pacific SP 7830 (B30-7) (10586102805): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 3. Southern Railway 3507, a B30-7A1, in Potomac Yard in Alexandria, VA on August 15, 1987 (22370823698): railfan 44· Public domain
- 4. St. Louis Southwestern "Cotton Belt" SSW 7796 (B30-7) (10586146166): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
what is it?
The GE B30-7 is a diesel-electric locomotive model produced by GE from 1977 to 1983 as part of their Dash 7 Series, featuring a 16 cylinder engine producing 3,000 horsepower. A total of 399 units were produced, including 120 cabless B30-7A units. The B30-7AB/A(B) is an unofficial model.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 49 years ago, in 1977.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1977–1983
- number built
- 279
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Southern Railway, Burlington Northern Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513255, Wikipedia: GE B30-7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.