The GE U30C is a six-axle locomotive built by General Electric from 1966 to 1976. With 600 units sold, the U30C proved to be a viable alternative for customers who were unable to purchase SD40s from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) due to production backlog.

Jan 1, 2025 · The U30C was General Electric's first high-horsepower, six-motored road-switcher. Thanks to new advancements in AC-DC transmission systems, GE was finally able to catalog a 3,000 horsepower variant. Its success proved GE …

Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more. There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.

Colorado & Southern 892, 893, and at least one other U30C (three of the four owned by Colorado & Southern) were at Denver in late summer 1968. The split windshield feature came into use with GE’s early U28Cs (housed in U25C style bodies), and would continue into modern-era production.

Burlington Northern (BN) began buying General Electric’s (GE) six-axle U30C diesel locomotives in 1972. By this date, GE had been building this 3,000-hp U-boat since 1967 and it had gone through several production phase changes (see page 50).

Jan 23, 2009 · Just wondering why the U30C, and later C30-7, were more successful than their 3300 and 3600 counterparts even though both had 16 cylinder prime movers too. The SD45 had a more thirsty 20 cylinder 645 with cranks...

Oct 29, 2010 · Diesel & Electric Locomotive Specifications, 1981, by F. K. Hudson.

Many U30Cs served nearly three decades before retirement in the early 1990s. The tooling for the U30C is engineered to produce a multitude of different, railroad-specific versions of this engine.

The U30C was an evolutionary re-rating of the U28C, and the first U30Cs were visually indistinguishable from later versions of the U28Cs. The U33C and U36C were essentially the same locomotive as the U30C but with an advanced fuel rack and greater radiator area.

Most, if not all, of the U30Cs were retrofitted with Gyralites by the D&H. The electrical prints for the U30Cs were modified with the Gyralite in 1971, and the modifications were carried out on through late 1974 and early 1975. Since the U30Cs were ready for major overhauls during this period, they received the lights. All went to NdeM in 1978.