Videos from 1989 to 1997 when GE U30C's powered ore trains on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR. Also seen are the lake boats Charles M. Beeghly, Lee A. Tregurtha and Edward L. Ryerson.
These U30C's remind me of my childhood. I had an HO scale athearn model of one of these. It was Burlington Northern instead of Lake Superior and Ishpeming but I look at these and still see Burlington Northern. The color scheme hasn't changed, just some different lettering on the side. They had quite a unique sound as well.
kind of a bummer, these units are all but gone even the c-30-7s. replaced by -8s, -9s, and 70 macs. Back in '88, used to go "eehhh, its jus the same lash up, KCS sd40 and 40-2s, and on coal trains, KCS 40s and BN -7s."... now I miss them. I lived on a dead end street that had the KCS mainline at the end of the street. and life couldnt have been better! even got to ride in the cab of either a pair of KCS gp 30s, mp 15s or gp 40s (depending on what they used that day) back when they just needed permission from my dad. they would pull up and tell me "hop on" and I climbed up into the cab, and there was no evil in the world! lol , while they changed out cars at the feed mill, I was havin the time of my life. the 80s. good times.
The operations are in trouble as the price of ore continues to drop and the amount of imported steel stays high. The LS&I is a shell of what it once was. let's hope they can hold on
Awesome, good looking and good running engines. They had good horns on them, too. Don't know what type, though? Seems like Burlington Northern used a lot of them on coal trains out of Wyoming, then got C30-7s from GE to supplant them.
Soo-Line had 10 U-30-C's 800-809. They didn't like them and loco electricians didn't know how to fix them. So they were sold them to other railroads. Sad.
oh ok thanx! I been searchin like a mad man trying to find out what that thing was!! lolI even before Id go to sleep I would be wondering what in the world is that infernal box for? and nothing about it on the net? I have seen alot of pics of older u30s, but they didnt have the box, and their seemed to be no info on what it was. I knew about to the remote dpu system, but I didnt know these had them. I thought maybe it had somthing to do with the dynamic braking...maybe? lol thanx again!
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The full-throated chugging of a GE C-class in notch 8 - music to my ears. Thanks for putting this together.
These U30C's remind me of my childhood. I had an HO scale athearn model of one of these. It was Burlington Northern instead of Lake Superior and Ishpeming but I look at these and still see Burlington Northern. The color scheme hasn't changed, just some different lettering on the side. They had quite a unique sound as well.
kind of a bummer, these units are all but gone even the c-30-7s. replaced by -8s, -9s, and 70 macs. Back in '88, used to go "eehhh, its jus the same lash up, KCS sd40 and 40-2s, and on coal trains, KCS 40s and BN -7s."... now I miss them.
I lived on a dead end street that had the KCS mainline at the end of the street. and life couldnt have been better!
even got to ride in the cab of either a pair of KCS gp 30s, mp 15s or gp 40s (depending on what they used that day) back when they just needed permission from my dad.
they would pull up and tell me "hop on" and I climbed up into the cab, and there was no evil in the world! lol , while they changed out cars at the feed mill, I was havin the time of my life.
the 80s. good times.
sorry, I reminisce like that somtimes lol
LS&I still has two on the roaster numbers 3000 & 3009
@@RailPreserver2K are the rest stored or scrapped?
@@AGSGuy I don't know
@@AGSGuy LS&I Still uses Ex BN C30-7's and U30C's to this day! The Alco RSD15's were Retired and scrapped.
The fart at 8:06 was a nice touch...
Thanks for pointing that out.
8:04 lol
they still have a few U30C's left operating & a C30-7 too i believe rest are CEFX GE AC4400CW leasers Awesom video
Great stuff again,loving your video uploads,cheers from downunder
Very interesting fmnut! Thanks for sharing it.
i hope LS&I plans on preserving there 2 remaining U boats numbers 3000 and 3009 i think are the only ones left on the roaster
Excellent!
Another great Video. Like it...
Great video
I remember 30 C as a kid in Arkansas and they were buff then. Now that was a locomotive.
beautiful sound
The operations are in trouble as the price of ore continues to drop and the amount of imported steel stays high. The LS&I is a shell of what it once was. let's hope they can hold on
in 1986 NAPORANO in newark cut up a couple dozen of these former B/N units.
Awesome, good looking and good running engines. They had good horns on them, too. Don't know what type, though? Seems like Burlington Northern used a lot of them on coal trains out of Wyoming, then got C30-7s from GE to supplant them.
Soo-Line had 10 U-30-C's 800-809. They didn't like them and loco electricians didn't know how to fix them. So they were sold them to other railroads. Sad.
The dock dwarfs a 1,000ft ore carrier.
what is the black box behind the horn on these units?
box was for Locotrol (early DPU) equipment from their days on BN PRB coal trains. Not sure if this capability was retained by LS&I.
oh ok thanx! I been searchin like a mad man trying to find out what that thing was!! lolI
even before Id go to sleep I would be wondering what in the world is that infernal box for? and nothing about it on the net? I have seen alot of pics of older u30s, but they didnt have the box, and their seemed to be no info on what it was. I knew about to the remote dpu system, but I didnt know these had them. I thought maybe it had somthing to do with the dynamic braking...maybe? lol thanx again!
Hurt your back spiking like that....
Are those docks still there?
+WomackPhotoKCMO Yes, but the chutes are now hydraulically controlled instead of manually as shown in the video.
+fmnut Thats good to know, I kinda cringed when I saw them being manually opened. That looked very dangerous.
Any surviving u33C’s
No. There were two on Squaw Creek coal in southern Indiana into the early 2000s but have since been scrapped.
minute marker 8:05 someone lets one loose. 🤣
Thanks so much for calling that out.