First off, the quality of the VHS tape this is from is not very good and secondly the narration is terrible. He speaks about 79850710985901 MPH That is definitely not me talking in this video. But, take it for what it is. The EMD GP30 was a direct competitor to the GE U25B and was EMD's first second-generation diesel locomotive. It was introduced in July of 1961 and would be a staple in American railroading for the next four decades and counting with BNSF and CSXT still with a considerable number still in service. Its 16-cylinder 567D3 prime mover produced 2250 horsepower. But what set the GP30 apart for locomotive spotters was the raised roof above the cab which stored air intakes and the dynamic brake blister. This video highlights the Class I railroads that still used GP30s in 1994 (because that's when the video was made) which still included Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific, and CSXT. Those ex-Rio Grande GP30s were never rebuilt and lasted on Union Pacific until about 2001. When this video was made there were probably equal numbers of CSXT GP30Ms and RDMTs. Eventually all GP30Ms would be rebuilt into RDMTs. Most survive to this day. Also at the time of this video there still were some un-rebuilt GP30s on Burlington Northern although most were rebuilt into GP39Ms, Vs, or Es (depends on which locomotive shop it was rebuilt at). Most survive to this day. Santa Fe had lightly rebuilt its GP30s a while before 1994 to GP30us, the only modifications were an ...
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