GE C30-7

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GE C30-7

Conrail #6600, a GE C30-7, refueling at Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GE Transportation Systems
Model	C30-7
Build date	1976 – 1985
Total production	1,137 (50 were C30-7A variants)
AAR wheel arr.	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Cylinders	16 (12 cylinders on C30-7A variants)
Power output	3000 hp
Locale	North America

The GE C30-7 is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1976 and 1985 as an updated U30C. It is powered by a 16-cylinder, 3,000-horsepower diesel engine. 1,137 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads. Conrail was the only Class 1 carrier to order a variant of the C30-7, the GE C30-7A, which was powered by a 12-cylinder, 3,000-horsepower FDL-series diesel engine. 50 known examples of this sub-type were built. Similarly, Conrail was the only purchaser of GE's Dash-8 follow-on model to the C30-7A, the 12-cylinder C32-8, of which 10 units were constructed.

The early models of the C30-7 had four windows on each side of the cab, but in 1980 rules were enacted for making windows "projectile resistant," which eliminated the outer windows in later production; those same windows were filled in with sheet metal on the early units.^{[citation needed]}

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