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The GE U23B is a 2,250 horsepower diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation from 1968 to 1977. It was one of the most successful models of the Universal Series , with 481 units built, including 16 exported to Peru.
A total of 50 C30-7As were built in mid-1984, and delivered to Conrail. They are externally similar to the C30-7, except that they have six tall hood doors per side (in place of eight) and moved front grilles on long hood, also only 4 steps. In 2003, nineteen C30-7As were rebuilt and exported to Estonia as C30-7Ais.
In addition, Conrail acquired long-term leases on several Canadian properties (all PC-NYC): the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway, the Canada Southern Railway, and its subsidiaries Detroit River Tunnel Company and Niagara River Bridge Company. All of these Canadian companies but the St. Lawrence and Adirondack were given up in 1985. [3]
U23B: 1968–77: 481: B-B: GE 7FDL-12: 2,350 hp (1,750 kW) U25B: ... Additional units have been built for Via Rail Canada. Model designation Build year Total produced ...
The GE B23-7 is a diesel locomotive model that was first offered by GE in late 1977. Featuring a smaller 12 cylinder version of the FDL engine, it is the successor to GE's U23B produced from early 1968 to mid 1977, but at 62 ft 2 in (18.95 m) long is exactly 2 ft 0 in (0.61 m). longer.
Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999.
The model is distinguished from the Dash 8-40CW by the addition of a full-width cowl body and the use of a Canada-specific nose and windshield configuration. BC Rail ordered 26 examples of the model, Canadian National ordered 55, and Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway acquired the remaining three.
VIA Rail Canada: P42DC 900-920 CT Rail: P40DC 6700–6711: Official name: Genesis: Disposition: Operational, several units retired from wrecks: