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GE B30-7, the Glossary

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.^[1]

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Locomotives with cabless variants
Railway locomotives introduced in 1977

B–unit

A B unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive unit (generally a diesel locomotive) which does not have a control cab or crew compartment, and must therefore be operated in tandem with another coupled locomotive with a cab (an A unit).

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Burlington Northern Railroad

The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century.

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Chessie System

Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT).

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Diesel–electric powertrain

A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.

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GE B23-7

The GE B23-7 is a diesel locomotive model that was first offered by GE in late 1977. GE B30-7 and GE B23-7 are b-B locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of the United States, freight locomotives, General Electric locomotives, railway locomotives introduced in 1977 and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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GE Dash 7 Series

The Dash 7 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation. GE B30-7 and GE Dash 7 Series are b-B locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of the United States and General Electric locomotives.

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GE Transportation

GE Transportation is a division of Wabtec.

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GE U30B

The GE U30B was a diesel-electric locomotive produced by GE Transportation between 1966 and 1975. GE B30-7 and GE U30B are b-B locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of the United States, freight locomotives, General Electric locomotives and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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List of GE reciprocating engines

List of engines produced by GE Transportation Systems and GE Jenbacher (GE Energy).

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Minnesota Commercial Railway

The Minnesota Commercial Railway is a short line railroad in the United States.

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Missouri Pacific Railroad

The Missouri Pacific Railroad, commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River.

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National Railway Equipment

National Railway Equipment Company is an American railroad equipment rebuilding, leasing, and manufacturing company, headquartered in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North East, Pennsylvania

North East is a borough in North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States, northeast of Erie.

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Providence and Worcester Railroad

The Providence and Worcester Railroad (P&W) is a Class II railroad operating of tracks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as New York via trackage rights.

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Remote control locomotive

A remote control locomotive (also called an RCL) is a railway locomotive that can be operated with a remote control.

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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967.

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South Fork, Colorado

South Fork is a statutory town in Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States.

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company) was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) to form the Norfolk Southern Railway.

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St. Louis Southwestern Railway

The St.

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St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

The St.

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Trains (magazine)

Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads aimed at railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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V12 engine

A V12 engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft.

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V16 engine

A V16 engine is a sixteen-cylinder piston engine where two banks of eight cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft.

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West Tennessee Railroad

The West Tennessee Railroad is a shortline railroad in the Southern U.S., connecting Corinth, Mississippi, to Fulton, Kentucky, via western Tennessee.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_B30-7

Also known as B30-7, GE B30-7A.