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GE C30-7
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1976· American diesel-electric locomotive class
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C30-7 Triagem Pta - Bauru SP: Ricardo Frontera· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. UP 2482 (C30-7) at Granger, WY in December 1984 (27291009492): railfan 44· Public domain
- 3. Ferrosur C30-7 Super 7 14515: Metrocamell· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Mongolian Railways GE C30-7 Locomotive: Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D.· CC0
- 5. FCCA GE C30-7 Chinchan - Ticlio: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. FCCA GE C30-7 Infiernillo Viaduct: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. FCCA GE C30-7 Rio Blanco - San Mateo: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. FCCA GE C30-7 Visio Switchbacks: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. GE C30 BF 9354: André B. Benetti· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Santa Fe ATSF 8089 (C30-7) (10582578975): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
what is it?
The C30-7 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between September 1976 and May 1986. It was developed as an updated version of the U30C and is powered by a 16-cylinder GE FDL-series diesel engine rated at 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW). A total of 1,137 units were built for North American railroads.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1976–1986
- number built
- 1,087
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1485268, Wikipedia: GE C30-7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.