Soo Line U30C 800 at Schiller Park IL May 1974. The 800 was built in April 1968 and retired and traded in to EMD in November 1983. These big U Boats were not well liked by Soo Line crews and were ... (more)

R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Louisville & Nashville U30C #1473 idles at the Boyles Yard Service Center. #1473 was built June 1972 and later renumbered to CSX 7203

Louisville & Nashville U30C #1579 idles at the Tilford Yard Service Center. #1579, built in August 1971, later became Seaboard System (SBD) #7273; then re# CSX 7273

An empty Union Electric Labadie train on the Chester Sub. is headed for another load of Southern Illinois coal with an interesting U30C-SD40-GP50-B23-7 lashup. The fresh GP50 is just a few weeks o... (more)

Department of Transportation U30C 001 was built by General Electric in June 1971. At one time, this locomotive wore a red and white scheme, and it spent years assigned to the United States’ Dep... (more)

Department of Transportation U30C 001 was built by General Electric in June 1971. At one time, this locomotive wore a red and white scheme, and it spent years assigned to the United States’ Dep... (more)

BN 5383 leads the Nebraska Zephyr onto the IRM mainline during diesel days 2019.

On August 2, a morning LS&I mine run using a pari of U30Cs diverges from joint LS&I/CN trackage to the branch down to Tilden Mine with empty ore jennies for loading. CN trackage goes to the right,... (more)

By the time the mine run crew returned from Tilden Mine with loaded ore jennies for the LS&I ore dock, sun had turned to rain at Palmer Junction where CN joins LS&I with trackage rights to Ishpemi... (more)

An LS&I mine run from Eagle Mills, MI to Tilden Mine rolls through Palmer Junction with a trainload of empty ore jennies powered by a pair of U30Cs. This junction is where the Canadian National co... (more)

Delaware & Hudson U30C 708 waits for its turn to lead a train out of the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This may have been the big GE’s last visit to the Lehigh Valley, as it would soon be hea... (more)

A UP-NW run through crossing the CRIP-MILW crossing.

This locomotive was spotted at the north end of Sharon Yard.

CNW 934 and 932 idle away at Altoona, WI in March 1968, only a month or so after delivery to the railroad. The GE U30Cs numbered 930-936 and were a treat to see on the EMD dominated railroad, at l... (more)