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The BQ23-7 model was a variant of the B23-7 built between 1978 and 1979. It was mechanically identical to the B23-7. The 'Q' in the model designation stood for "crew Quarters", and referred to the model's enlarged operating cab for accommodating the train crew. Only ten were built, all for the Seaboard Coast Line railroad.
In 1980 the Missouri Pacific ordered three B23-7A's (#'s 4667-4669, later UP #'s 257-259) and tested them system-wide. The result was the GE model B30-7A, B30-7 with a 12-cylinder FDL prime mover. They were not renumbered into the B30-7A series on the MP because they lacked Sentry Wheel Slip and had different engine governors.
The GE BQ23-7 was a model of diesel locomotive manufactured by General Electric, [1] a variant of the B23-7 [2] built between 1978 and 1979 (the 'Q' stood for "crew Quarters"). It was mechanically identical to a regular B23-7, but equipped with an enlarged operating cab for accommodating the train crew, thus making a case for eliminating the ...
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...
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(The Center Square) – An ongoing war in Syria has suddenly ended with the overturning of the long-standing Syrian government, creating national security and humanitarian concerns but also ...
model B30-7A. The first three were an experimental modification of the B23-7. St. Louis - San Francisco Railway: 8 863-870 rode on Alco trade in trucks St. Louis Southwestern Railway: 26 7774-7799 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad: 17 5500-5516 Family Lines Paint Southern Pacific Railroad: 84 7800-7883 Southern Railway: 22 3500-3521 model B30-7A1
The C30-7 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between September 1976 and May 1986 as an updated U30C with a 16-cylinder 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW) FDL-series diesel engine.