History of the General Electric U30CG Locomotives
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2022
- A mini-documentary about one of the Santa Fe's more obscure locomotives; the GE U30CG. Six of them were built for passenger service in 1967, but sadly they only lasted about 13 years in service. Find out more in episode five of Obscure Offerings.
(Image Credits):
Alan Gaines
ATSFRailfan.net
Bill Johnson (Flickr)
Captain_Vinny (Flickr)
Charles Stookey
Chuck Schwesinger (Flickr)
Chuck Zeiler (Flickr)
Craig Walker
David Krebs
Gary Morris
Gerard Putz
Gil Ford
J. Fischer
Joe Hughes
Joe McMillan (Flickr)
John Leopard (Flickr)
Joseph Yarbrough collection
Kim Piersol
Larry Irvin (Flickr)
Lloyd Reinhart (Flickr)
Mark Lynn (Flickr)
Marty Bernard collection
Michael O’Neil
Mike Woodruff
Paul Maciulewicz
Roger Puta
Ron Hawkins
Sam Beck collection
Stanley Holder
Tangled Bank (Flickr)
Taxidea (Flickr)
Todd Dillon (Flickr)
Tom Harris
Treflyn Lloyd Roberts (Flickr) - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I can remember the War Bonnet U30's heading up timed freights passing through Devore going both ways and how fast they were as well as nice looking. ATSF freight was the fastest way to Chicago from L.A. then.
Your first pronunciation of Chillicothe was the correct one. 🙂
“Argen-tine, for us Midwesterners is “Argen-teen”😊
Wow...fantastic! A lotta info covered in a short time, and perfectly digestible at the pace it's offered at. Really a pleasure to watch...thanks;-)
Wow, I had never seen photos of the U30CG units in "yellowbonnet" paint.
Ge wasn’t as well known for passenger locomotives as EMD. The FP45 was more successful to them as it was stronger, far less prone to derailments(if any) and potential fire risks common in GE locomotives, and was more familiar to crews to operate than the GE passenger U-boats.
Great episode again
I had one of those in 1974 as a trailing unit on the Boston and Albany railroad and never having heard of them thought they were a rare locomotive for the time. No problem with it but rather interesting to see when going around curves. Only six units built? Looks like I was right about it being a rare bird. Shame none survived.
Food for thought
one of my new favorite locos
👍 nice video 👍
Great one!
I've always wondered. If locomotives like the U34CH were successful, why did the P30CH or POOCH fail if they're were based on the U34CH.
The pooch failed because it was more suited for freight because of its 6 axle truck much like the e60
I ran these junkers Denver -Pueblo 1978 to 1981. They defined junk. I never got one with a working dynamic brake. There must have been over an inch of lube oil on the catwalk in the engine room! I was never able to go back and check anything. On the "Santa Feces", you took the junk, or face dismissal, always being threatened.
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