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The EMD GP30 was a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle B-B diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July, 1961 and November, 1963.
EMD originally planned to name the locomotive the GP22, and the first demonstrators were put out under that number, but EMD's marketing department decided to leapfrog GE's numbering to make the new locomotive seem more advanced.
An indisputable tribute to the quality of the GP30 design is the fact that a good number are still in service as of 2006, which is a service lifespan of over 40 years and well in excess of the design life of 25-30 years for the average diesel locomotive.
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 EMD GP30
It was the first so-called "second generation" EMD diesel locomotive, and was produced in response to increased competition by a new entrant, General Electric's U25B, which was released roughly at the same time as the GP30.
An indisputable tribute to the quality of the GP30 design is the fact that a good number are still in service as of 2007, which is a service lifespan of over 40 years and well in excess of the design life of 25-30 years for the average diesel locomotive.
In the 1993 film The Fugitive, a high nose GP30 painted in the livery of the Illinois Southern Railway is one of two locomotives involved in the train wreck that frees Dr. Richard Kimble from custody early on in the story.
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  EMD GP30 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The EMD GP30 was a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle B-B diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July, 1961 and November, 1963.
An indisputable tribute to the quality of the GP30 design is the fact that a good number are still in service as of 2006, which is a service lifespan of over 40 years and well in excess of the design life of 25-30 years for the average diesel locomotive.
GP30, GP35, GP38, GP38AC, GP38-2, GP39, GP39DC, GP39X, GP39-2, GP40, GP40P, GP40P-2, GP40TC, GP40X, GP40-2, GP49, GP50, GP59, GP60
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: EMD GP38
1703 GP9 EMD 23201 2/57 R/B and R/N to 1803.
1704 GP9 EMD 23202 3/57 R/B and R/N to 1804.
1706 GP9 EMD 23204 3/57 R/B and R/N to 1806.
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 Conrail Locomotive Specifications
EMD GP35 2250 - 2394, 3620 - 3692
EMD GP38 7635, 7656 - 7659, 7670 - 7939
EMD SW8 8600 - 8621, 8690 - 8698
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 EMD GP30 Photos: Conrail Cyclopedia
GP30's were never too common on the B&A, and almost all the time they were stuck in the middle of the lashup, as the 2188 is, on BOSE at Hinsdale, MA.
A typical stenciled PC GP30, a former NYC 6118, sits with NJ Transit equipmnt in New Jersey.
Such was the life of a Conrail GP30 in the early 1980s, in service and out of service as traffic dictated.
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 Union Pacifics EMD GP30s and GP30Bs
EMD's GP30 was introduced in July 1961 in response to General Electric's own U25B.
When GP30 demonstrator 5629 (also its EMD order number) was completed in July 1961, it was painted in an unlettered version of Union Pacific's yellow and gray paint scheme, and headed out for road testing.
The last 800 class GP30, UP 844, was donated to the State of Nevada in March 1989, for use on the southern portion of the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nev. UP 844 had last operated in the North Little Rock, Ark., area during mid November 1988.
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 Eric Goodman's GP30u Project
Distinctive and sylish, the EMD GP30 represented that builder's response to GE's entry into the locomotive market with the U25B.
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EMD also used the air from the new filtration system to cool the traction motors via the ducts underneath the walkways on both sides.
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