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{{Short description|Model of American 2250 hp diesel locomotive}}
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{{Infobox locomotive
| name             = EMD GP30
| image            = ATSF 2705 CA Cajon.jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = A GP30, [[EMD GP35|GP35]], and [[EMD GP20|GP20]] run light in the late 1980s on [[California]]'s [[Cajon Pass]]
| powertype        = Diesel-electric
| designer         = 
| builder          = {{plainlist|
* [[General Motors Corporation|GM]] [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD)
* [[General Motors Diesel]] (GMD)
}}
| ordernumber      = 
| serialnumber     = 
| buildmodel       = GP30
| builddate        = July 1961 – November 1963
| totalproduction  = 948
| rebuilder        = 
| rebuilddate      = 
| numberrebuilt    = 
| website          = 
| aarwheels        = B-B
| uicclass         = Bo′Bo′
| Britishclass     = <!-- e.g. [[Bo-Bo]] [[1Co+Co1]] -->
| driver           = <!-- e.g. 1st, 2nd  or 3rd coupled axle -->
| gauge            = {{track gauge|ussg}}
| trucks           = 
| bogies           = 
| leadingdiameter  = 
| wheeldiameter    = {{convert|40|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| trailingdiameter = 
| minimumcurve     = 
| wheelbase        = 
|  engine total    = 
|  leading         = 
|  drivers         = <!-- USA terminology -->
|  coupled         = <!-- British terminology -->
|  trailing        = 
|  truck           = <!-- USA terminology diesels and electrics -->
|  bogie           = <!-- British terminology diesels and electrics -->
|  tender total     = 
|  tendertruck     = <!-- USA terminology -->
|  tenderbogie     = <!-- British terminology -->
| pivotcentres     = <!-- Garratts, diesels and electrics -->
| wheelspacing     = <!-- bogies or coupled wheels with asymmetrical wheel spacing --> 
| length           = {{convert|56|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|  over couplers   = 
|  over bufferbeams= 
|  body            = 
| width            = {{convert|10|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| height           = {{convert|15|ft|11|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| axleload         = 
|  leadingbogie/pony= <!-- load on leading bogie or pony wheel -->
| weightondrivers  = 
| trail bogie/pony = <!-- load on trailing bogie or pony wheel -->
| locoweight       = {{convert|245000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| fueltype         = 
| fuelcap          = {{convert|1700|-|2600|usgal|abbr=on}}
| lubecap          = {{convert|243|usgal|abbr=on}}
| coolantcap       = {{convert|251|usgal|abbr=on}}
| watercap         =
| sandcap          = {{convert|18|cuft|m3|abbr=on}}
| powersupply      = 
| consumption      = 
| watercons        = 
| primemover       = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] [[EMD 567|16-567D3]]
| rpmrange         = 
|  rpmrange low    = 
|  rpmrange idle   = 275
|  rpmrange max    = 835
| enginetype       = [[Two-stroke engine|Two-stroke]] [[V16 engine|V16]] [[Diesel engine|diesel]]
| aspiration       = [[Turbocharger]]
| displacement     =
| alternator       = 
| generator        = EMD D22
| tractionmotors   = 4 × EMD D57
|  t/m amps 1 hr   = <!-- Power output rating per motor -->
|  t/m amps cont   = <!-- Power output rating per motor -->
| headendpower     = 
| cylindercount    = 16
| cylindersize     = {{convert|8+1/2|x|10|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| transmission     = 
| gear ratio       = {{plainlist|
* 62:15
* 61:16
* 60:17
}}
| multipleworking  = 
| trainheating     = 
| locobrakes       = Schedule 26L [[Railway airbrake|Straight air]], ''optional:'' [[Dynamic brake|dynamic]]
| dynamicpeakeffort= 
| locobrakeforce   = 
| trainbrakes      = 
| reservoircap     = 
| compressorcap    = 
| exhaustercap     = 
| coupling         = 
| maxspeed         = {{convert|71|-|83|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| poweroutput      = {{convert|2250|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on}}
|  poweroutput start= 
|  poweroutput 1 hr= 
|  poweroutput cont= 
| tractiveeffort   =
|  t/e starting    = 
|  t/e 1 hr        = 
|  t/e continuous  = 
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| axleloadclass    = 
| locale           = [[North America]]
| deliverydate     = 
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| withdrawndate    = 
| preservedunits   = 
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| currentowner     = 
| disposition      = 
| notes            = <ref>{{cite book | author=Electro-Motive Division | title=Diesel locomotive operating manual for model GP30 | date=1963 | location=La Grange, Illinois | publisher=General Motors}}</ref>
}}
[[File:WC 715 EMD GP30.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Wisconsin Central Ltd.|WC]] 715 at the [[National Railroad Museum]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay, WI]]]]

The '''EMD GP30''' is a {{convert|2250|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on}} four-axle diesel-electric [[locomotive]] built by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Division]] of [[La Grange, Illinois]] between July 1961 and November 1963.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marre|first=Louis A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34531120|title=Diesel locomotives : the first 50 years : a guide to diesels built before 1972|date=1995|publisher=Kalmbach Pub. Co|isbn=0-89024-258-5|location=Waukesha, WI|pages=60–61|oclc=34531120}}</ref> A total of 948 units were built for railroads in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] (2 only), including 40 cabless [[B unit]]s for the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Schafer|first=Mike|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38738930|title=Vintage diesel locomotives|date=1998|publisher=Motorbooks International|isbn=0-7603-0507-2|location=Osceola, WI|pages=40|oclc=38738930}}</ref>

It was the first so-called "second generation" EMD diesel locomotive, and was produced in response to increased competition by a new entrant, [[GE Transportation Systems|General Electric's]] [[GE U25B|U25B]], which was released roughly at the same time as the GP30. The GP30 is easily recognizable due to its high profile and stepped cab roof, unique among [[United States|American]] locomotives.<ref name=":0" /> A number are still in service today in original or rebuilt form.

==History==

===Development===
The GP30 was conceived out of the necessity of matching new competitor GE's [[GE U25B|U25B]]. The U25B offered {{convert|2500|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on}} while EMD's [[EMD GP20|GP20]] and its [[EMD 567|567D2]] [[Prime mover (locomotive)|prime mover]] was only rated at {{convert|2000|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on}}. The U25B also featured a sealed, airtight long hood with a single inertial air intake for electrical cooling, with a pressurized cooling system which kept dust out of the engine and equipment area. Finally, the entire GE design was optimized for ease of access and maintenance. The U25B demonstrators were receiving much praise—and orders—from the railroads that tested them. Meanwhile, [[American Locomotive Company|ALCO]] had been producing the 2,400&nbsp;hp (1,800&nbsp;kW) [[ALCO RS-27|RS-27]] since 1959, though it had not sold well.

EMD's engineering department pushed their DC traction system for an extra {{convert|250|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The {{convert|2250|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cotey |first=Angela |date=2020-11-03 |title=Locomotive profile: EMD GP30 diesel electric type locomotive |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/locomotives/locomotive-profile-emd-gp30-diesel-electric-type-locomotive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916234540/https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/locomotives/locomotive-profile-emd-gp30-diesel-electric-type-locomotive/ |archive-date=2024-09-16 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |language=en-US}}</ref> wasn't quite equivalent to the GE and ALCO offerings, but EMD hoped the railroads' familiarity with EMD equipment would improve their chances. The locomotive in which the 16 cylinder, 567D3 would be fitted, was improved along the lines of the U25B; sealed long hood, central air intake, and engineered for easier maintenance access. The frame and trucks of the GP20 were carried across; the extra equipment for the centralized air system required more space behind the cab, and since the locomotive was not going to be lengthened, extra space was achieved vertically by raising the height of the locomotive, giving room for the central air system, turbocharger and electrical cabinet all behind the cab.<ref name=":0" />{{Page needed|date=September 2024}}<ref name=":3" /> This extra height behind the cab meant that the body style used for previous GP units was not suitable.

Since EMD wanted the new locomotive to be visibly modern and updated, they turned to the GM Automotive Styling Center at [[Troy, Michigan]] for help. The automobile stylists created the GP30's trademark "hump" and cab roof profile. The hump-like bulge started at the front of the cab and enveloped the air intakes for the central air system and the [[Dynamic braking|dynamic brake]] blister.<ref name=":0" />{{Page needed|date=September 2024}} Units ordered without dynamic brakes were the same shape, but lacked the intakes to cool the dynamic brake resistor grids.

A high short hood could be ordered, but only holdouts [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] and [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] received such units. EMD originally planned to name the locomotive the '''GP22''', but EMD's marketing department decided to leapfrog GE's numbering to make the new locomotive seem more advanced.<ref name="Peck">{{cite magazine |last=Peck |first=David |date=May 1989 |title=EMD GP30 Part 1 |magazine=Mainline Modeler}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2024}} Marketing literature claimed 30 distinct improvements from the GP20 and that this was the reason for the number.<ref name="Peck"/>{{Page needed|date=September 2024}}

===Sales and in service===
The GP30 successfully countered the GE threat and kept EMD in the dominant position in the North American diesel market. While losing a little power to the GE and ALCO competition, the solidity and reliability of the GP30—and the familiarity of railroad mechanical departments with EMD products—ultimately won many more orders for EMD. 948 were sold, in comparison to 476 U25Bs. In addition, the GP30 was only sold until the end of 1963, while the U25B was available until 1966.

[[File:EMD GP30 locomotive (1030).jpg|thumb|200px|left|An [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] GP30 originally owned by the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] -- [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee|Oak Ridge, TN]]]]

Most major railroads ordered GP30s, and many smaller ones did too. The largest orders were from the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|SOU]] (120), [[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]] (111), [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]] (85), and the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|B&O]] (77).

The sole purchaser of [[B unit]]s (by the mid-1960s generally an outdated concept) was the UP, who kept the practice of running its locomotives in matched sets much longer than others. Thirteen of those GP30B units were fitted with [[Steam generator (railroad)|steam generator]]s for heating [[Passenger car (rail)|passenger train]]s, the only GP30s to receive them.  Prior to [[Amtrak]], [[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]] would use a GP30 and two boiler equipped GP30Bs on passenger trains when no [[EMD E8|E8]]s or [[EMD E9|E9]]s were available.

Some units for the [[Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad|GM&O]], [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad|MILW]] and [[Soo Line Railroad|SOO]] were built using trucks from ALCO trade-ins and therefore ride on [[AAR wheel arrangement#B|AAR type B]] trucks instead of the EMD standard [[Blomberg B]]s. An indisputable tribute to the quality of the GP30 design is the fact that a good number are still in service as of 2015, which is a service lifespan of over 50 years and well in excess of the design life of 25–30 years for the average diesel locomotive. Furthermore, when life-expired, some railroads chose to give them major [[EMD GP30#Rebuilds|rebuilds]] instead of scrapping them.

== Original buyers ==

===Cab-equipped 'A' units===
{| class="wikitable"
! Railroad !! Quantity !! Road numbers !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Electro Motive Diesel|Electro Motive Division]] (demonstrator)
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2
|5629
|to Union Pacific Railroad 875
|-
|5639
|to Seaboard Air Line Railroad 534, to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 1343
|-
|[[Alaska Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|2000
|
|-
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|85
|1200–1284
|Renumbered 3200–3284. Rebuilt versions called GP30u**upgraded at Cleburne, Texas shops.
|-
|[[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|9
|900–908
|to [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] 1300–1308
|-
|[[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|77
|6900–6976
|
|-
|[[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|48
|3000–3047
|
|-
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|38
|940–977
|to [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] 2217–2254
|-
|[[Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|239–241
|
|-
|[[Chicago Great Western Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|201–208
|to Chicago & North Western Railway 802–809
|-
|[[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|340–355
|AAR type B trucks. Renumbered 1000–1015
|-
|[[Chicago and North Western Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|810–832
|
|-
|[[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|8200–8201
|Built by [[General Motors Diesel]] (GMD) in [[London, Ontario]]. Renumbered 5000–5001
|-
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|28
|3001–3028
|
|-
|[[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|3000–3016
|to Burlington Northern Railroad 2200–2216
|-
|[[Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|31
|500–530
|AAR type B trucks
|-
|[[Kansas City Southern Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|100–119
|
|-
|[[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|58
|1000–1057
|
|-
|[[New York Central Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|6115–6124
|to [[Penn Central]] 2188–2197, to [[Conrail]] same numbers
|-
|[[New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|900–909
|to [[Norfolk and Western]] 2900-2909, to [[Norfolk Southern]] same numbers
|-
|[[Norfolk and Western Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|44
|522–565
|High short hood, operated long hood-forward
|-
|[[Pennsylvania Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|52
|2200–2251
|2250-2251 renumbered to Penn Central then Conrail 2198–2199, 2200–2249 to Penn Central then Conrail same numbers
|-
|[[Phelps Dodge Corporation]]
|style="text-align:center;"|9
|24–32
|New Cornelia Branch mine
|-
|[[Reading Company]]
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|5501–5520
|renumbered 3600–3619; to Conrail 2168-2187
|-
|[[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|500–533
|to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 1309–1342
|-
|[[Soo Line Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|700–721
|AAR type B trucks. Eighteen to [[Wisconsin Central Transportation|Wisconsin Central Limited]], same numbers
|-
|[[Southern Pacific Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|7400–7407
|
|-
|[[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|120
|2525–2644
|High short hood
|-
|[[St. Louis Southwestern Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|750–759
|
|-
|[[Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|700
|To ATSF as 3285
|-
|[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|111
|700–735, 800–874
|
|-
!Totals !! 908<ref name=":3" />!! !!
|}

===Cabless booster 'B' units===
{| class="wikitable"
! Railroad !! Quantity !! Road numbers !! Notes
|-
|[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
|40
|700B–739B
| Thirteen units, 727B-739B, fitted with steam generators
|-
!Totals !! 40<ref name=":3" />!! !!
|}

==Rebuilds==
{{stack|
[[File:BNSF 2831 GP39M train.jpg|thumb|right|BNSF #2831, a GP39M, leading BNSF #1418, a [[GP10]]]]
[[File:EMD GP30u BNSF 2472.jpg|thumb|right|BNSF #2472, a GP30u]]
}}

The [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] was the most extensive user of rebuilt GP30s. Finding a need for modernized units of lower power, it sent GP30s—-both its own and units purchased from other railroads-—to be rebuilt to the specifications of the later [[GP39]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BN GP39m Rebuild Program |url=http://railsnorthwest.com/mcnwr/bngp39mdatasheet.html |access-date=2019-06-21 |website=railsnorthwest.com}}</ref> Seventy units were sent to EMD, 65 to [[Morrison Knudsen]] (now [[Washington Group International]]) and 25 to VMV for rebuilding, and the rebuilds are known as '''GP39E''', '''GP39M''', and '''GP39V''' respectively. The changes included new generators, [[EMD Dash 2|Dash-2]] modular electronic control systems and 567D3 engines upgraded with [[EMD 645]]-series power assemblies, rated at 2,300&nbsp;hp (1,720&nbsp;kW) and designated 12-645D3. Some of these units received new EMD spartan cabs. These units are still in service on locals and smaller lines throughout the [[BNSF Railway]] system.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

[[File:BNSF2745.jpg|alt=BNSF #2745 a GP39E|thumb|[[BNSF Railway|BNSF]] #2745, a GP39E]]

The [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (ATSF) had previously performed a similar upgrade in its own [[Cleburne, Texas]] shops, stripping the locomotives down to bare metal and rebuilding with new equipment. The 567D3 engines were upgraded to a 2500-horsepower rating by the use of 645-series power assemblies. The generators and traction motors were upgraded and control and electrical equipment was replaced. The trucks received [[Hyatt Roller Bearing Company|Hyatt]] [[roller bearing]]s and single-shoe brake systems. Rooftop [[air conditioner]]s and new [[Train horn|horns]] were added. The locomotives were repainted in the blue and yellow ''[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway#Paint schemes|Yellowbonnet]]'' scheme, and designated '''GP30u''' (for ''upgraded''). 78 of these survived until the BNSF merger, and were eventually all sold off. In 2016, BNSF traded Larry's Truck and Electric (LTEX) 26 GP38s for 24 of the ex-ATSF GP30us for their GP39-3 rebuild program. The [[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]] acquired a total of six of the former BNSF/ATSF GP30us from LTEX and designates them as '''GP39RN''' locomotives.<ref name="roster">{{cite web |title=Reading Northern Locomotive Roster |url=http://www.rbmnrr.com/roster/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903225631/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52545d1ce4b0183a5e0ec3b6/t/66a144bed25c1d46f4d5f3ed/1721844926362/Publication1.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-03 |access-date=July 13, 2017 |website=[[Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad]] |publisher=}}</ref>

The [[Soo Line Railroad]] rebuilt three GP30s with [[Caterpillar Inc.|CAT]] 3516 engines rated at {{convert|2000|hp|MW|2}}. These were designated '''GP30C'''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The [[Illinois Central Gulf Railroad]] rebuilt two GP30s in the early 1980s. These units were designated '''GP26'''. {{As of|2018}}, the units remain in service on the [[Cimarron Valley Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Guss |first=Chris |date=July 2018 |title=2018's three to watch |magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |volume=78 |issue=7 |page=18 |issn=0041-0934}}</ref>

The [[Chessie System]] rebuilt its GP30 units into '''GP30Ms''', adding newer components, new traction motors and reducing their power to 2000&nbsp;hp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CSX GP30M/GP30?SLUGS |url=http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,361323 |access-date=2019-06-21 |website=Trainorders.com Discussion}}</ref> They lasted with CSX into the mid-to-late 1990s, long after Seaboard System GP30s had been sold, retired and scrapped, or turned into [[Slug (railroad)|road slugs]].

==Preservation==
Many GP30s have been preserved by a variety of museums, societies and tourist railways. All preserved examples are cab units, as the cabless booster units have been scrapped. A number of these preserved locomotives are in operational condition. The following is a list of preserved GP30s in North America.

[[File:2198 Profile.jpg|thumb|300px|[[New Hope and Ivyland Railroad]] 2198]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+GP30s in preservation
!Original railroad
!Original road number
!Preserved railroad
!Preserved road number
!Preservation organization
!Location
!Status
!Citations
!Notes
|-
|[[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio]]
|6944
|Baltimore & Ohio
|6944
|[[B&O Railroad Museum]]
|[[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]
|Operable
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=B&O #6944 |url=https://borail.catalogaccess.com/objects/1026 |archive-date= |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=B&O Railroad Museum}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway|Chesapeake & Ohio]]
|4625
|Branson Scenic Railway
|99
|[[Branson Scenic Railway]]
|[[Branson, Missouri]]
|Operating
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Branson Scenic Railway Equipment |url=https://bransontrain.com/branson_scenic_railway_equipment.cfm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530160401/https://bransontrain.com/branson_scenic_railway_equipment.cfm |archive-date=2024-05-30 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Branson Scenic Railway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lassen |first=David |date=2024-08-31 |title=American Heritage Railways purchases Branson Scenic Railway |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/american-heritage-railways-purchases-branson-scenic-railway/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901064632/https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/american-heritage-railways-purchases-branson-scenic-railway/ |archive-date=2024-09-01 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Lustig |first=David |date=2020-11-23 |title=Diesel locomotive delight |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/history/diesel-locomotive-delight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416193736/https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/history/diesel-locomotive-delight/ |archive-date=2024-04-16 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|South end locomotive
|-
|[[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]]
|5000
|Canadian Pacific
|5000
|[[Alberta Railway Museum]]
|[[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locomotives • Alberta Railway Museum |url=https://albertarailwaymuseum.com/locomotives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511112219/https://albertarailwaymuseum.com/locomotives/ |archive-date=2024-05-11 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Alberta Railway Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
|One of only two GP30s built in [[Canada]]
|-
|[[Pennsylvania Railroad]]
|2233
|[[Conrail]]
|2233
|[[Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania]]
|[[Strasburg, Pennsylvania|Strasburg]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|Static display
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Trains |url=https://www.rrmuseumpa.org/our-trains |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521030520/https://www.rrmuseumpa.org/our-trains |archive-date=2024-05-21 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Conrail GP30 2233 Exhibit Label |url=https://www.rrmuseumpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Conrail-GP30-2233-scaled.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730035830/https://www.rrmuseumpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Conrail-GP30-2233-scaled.jpg |archive-date=2023-07-30 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|Formerly operated on the West Shore Railroad in Lewisburg, PA between the late 1980s and early 2000s and was repainted in its original PRR colors during that time.
|-
|[[St. Louis Southwestern Railway|Cotton Belt]]
|5006
|Cotton Belt
|5006
|[[Arkansas Railroad Museum]]
|[[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], [[Arkansas]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arkansas Railroad Museum Locomotives |url=https://arkansasrailroadmuseum.org/collection/locomotives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603075803/https://arkansasrailroadmuseum.org/collection/locomotives.html |archive-date=2024-06-03 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Arkansas Railroad Museum |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|
|-
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|Denver & Rio Grande Western]]
|3006
|Denver & Rio Grande Western
|3006 
|[[Forney Transportation Museum]]
|[[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=HawkinsRails - Forney Museum of Transportation |url=https://hawkinsrails.net/preservation/fmt/fmt.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522114328/https://hawkinsrails.net/preservation/fmt/fmt.html |archive-date=2024-05-22 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Hawkins Rails}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|Denver & Rio Grande Western]]
|3011
|Denver & Rio Grande Western
|3011
|[[Colorado Railroad Museum]]
|[[Golden, Colorado|Golden]], [[Colorado]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=Big Train Tours: Second Generation Pioneer |url=https://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/2023/04/21/big-train-tours-second-generation-pioneer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301182808/https://coloradorailroadmuseum.org/2023/04/21/big-train-tours-second-generation-pioneer/ |archive-date=2024-03-01 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Colorado Railroad Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|-
|[[Pennsylvania Railroad]]
|2250
|[[New Hope and Ivyland Railroad|New Hope & Ivyland]]
|2198
|[[New Hope and Ivyland Railroad|New Hope & Ivyland]]
|[[New Hope, Pennsylvania|New Hope]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|Operating
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diesel Locomotive No. 2198 |url=https://www.newhoperailroad.com/diesel-locomotive-2198/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721182516/https://www.newhoperailroad.com/diesel-locomotive-2198/ |archive-date=2024-07-21 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[New Hope Railroad]]}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|Hauls daily tourist trains
|-
|[[New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad|Nickel Plate Road]]
|900
|Nickel Plate Road
|900
|Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum
|[[Bellevue, Ohio|Bellevue]], [[Ohio]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection – Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum |url=https://madrivermuseum.org/collection/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315210324/https://madrivermuseum.org/collection/ |archive-date=2024-03-15 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|-
|[[Nickel Plate Road]]
|901
|Nickel Plate Road
|901
|[[Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad]]
|[[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
|Operating
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Equipment {{!}} Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad |url=https://lebanonrr.com/equipment/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904191639/https://lebanonrr.com/equipment/ |archive-date=2024-09-04 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Lebanon Mason and Monroe Railroad]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Our Railcars |url=https://cincinnatidinnertrain.com/our-railcars/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204035625/https://cincinnatidinnertrain.com/our-railcars/ |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Cincinnati Dinner Train |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Locomotive #901 |url=https://cincinnatidinnertrain.com/locomotive-901/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529112602/https://cincinnatidinnertrain.com/locomotive-901/ |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Cincinnati Dinner Train |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Burkhart |first=M.T. |date=2021-09-28 |title=Nickel Plate Road GP30 Restoration Makes Debut in Ohio |url=https://railfan.com/nickel-plate-road-gp30-restoration-makes-debut-in-ohio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928194233/https://railfan.com/nickel-plate-road-gp30-restoration-makes-debut-in-ohio/ |archive-date=2021-09-28 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Railfan & Railroad]] |language=en-CA}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Nickel Plate Road]]
|902
|Nickel Plate Road
|902
|[[Cincinnati Scenic Railway]]
|[[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
|Operating
|<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Locomotive #902 |url=https://cincinnatidinnertrain.com/locomotive-902/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529115238/https://cincinnatidinnertrain.com/locomotive-902/ |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Cincinnati Dinner Train |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
|
|-
|[[Norfolk and Western Railway|Norfolk & Western]]
|522
|Norfolk & Western
|522
|Roanoke Chapter of the [[National Railway Historical Society|NRHS]]
|[[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]], [[Virginia]]
|Under repair
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=EMD GP 30 #522 |url=https://www.roanokenrhs.org/equipment-roster/locomotives/gp-30-522/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904193951/https://www.roanokenrhs.org/equipment-roster/locomotives/gp-30-522/ |archive-date=2024-09-04 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Roanoke Chapter NRHS |language=en-US}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Norfolk and Western Railway|Norfolk & Western]]
|536
|Norfolk & Western
|536
|GSMR
|Dillsboro, North Carolina
|Static display
|
|On display along with U18B #1901 following filming of [[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]].
|-
|[[Reading Company|Reading]]
|5513
|Reading
|5513
|Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
|[[Hamburg, Pennsylvania]]
|Under repair
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reading Railroad Heritage Museum - Visit Us |url=https://www.readingrailroad.org/visitus.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711074121/https://www.readingrailroad.org/visitus.html |archive-date=2024-07-11 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Reading Railroad}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|The first production GP30. Operational in the 1980s and 1990s and is currently being repaired.
|-
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe]]
|1235
|[[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad|RBMN]]
|2535
|[[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]]
|[[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania|Jim Thorpe]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|Operating
|<ref name="roster" />
|Only preserved GP30u. Currently in active service at the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway. 
|-
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe]]
|1269
|[[Great Smoky Mountains Railroad|GSMR]]
|2467
|[[Great Smoky Mountains Railroad]]
|[[Bryson City, North Carolina|Bryson City]], [[North Carolina]]
|Operating
|
|Only preserved GP30-3.
|-
|[[Soo Line Railroad|Soo Line]]
|700
|Soo Line
|700
|[[Lake Superior Railroad Museum]]
|[[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]], [[Minnesota]]
|Operating
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lake Superior Railroad Museum Duluth |url=https://www.rgusrail.com/mnlsrm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414010913/https://www.rgusrail.com/mnlsrm.html |archive-date=2024-04-14 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.rgusrail.com}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|Restored for use on their [[North Shore Scenic Railroad]]. 
|-
|[[Soo Line Railroad|Soo Line]]
|703
|Soo Line
|703
|[[Colfax Railroad Museum]]
|[[Colfax, Wisconsin|Colfax]], [[Wisconsin]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum photos {{!}} Colfax Railroad Museum - Colfax, WI |url=https://www.colfaxrrmuseum.org/photos/miscellaneous |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710005754/https://www.colfaxrrmuseum.org/photos/miscellaneous |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Colfax Railroad Museum}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|
|-
|[[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern]]
|2594
|Southern
|2594
|[[Southeastern Railway Museum]]
|[[Duluth, Georgia|Duluth]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|Operable
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locomotives |url=https://www.train-museum.org/locomotives-rolling-stock/locomotives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525030621/https://www.train-museum.org/locomotives-rolling-stock/locomotives/ |archive-date=2024-05-25 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Southeastern Railway Museum]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|Currently leased to the [[Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum]]. 
|-
|[[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern]]
|2601
|Southern
|2601
|[[North Carolina Transportation Museum]]
|[[Spencer, North Carolina|Spencer]], [[North Carolina]]
|Operable
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Carolina Transportation Museum - www.rgusrail.com |url=https://www.rgusrail.com/ncnctm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415214952/https://www.rgusrail.com/ncnctm.html |archive-date=2024-04-15 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.rgusrail.com}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]]
|844
|Union Pacific
|844
|[[Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City]]
|[[Boulder City, Nevada|Boulder City]], [[Nevada]]
|Operating
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nevada State Railroad Museum - www.rgusrail.com |url=https://rgusrail.com/nvnsr.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414022725/https://rgusrail.com/nvnsr.html |archive-date=2024-04-14 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=rgus rail.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Locomotive 844, Type GP-30 – Nevada Southern Railway |url=https://nevadasouthern.com/equipment/locomotive-844-type-gp-30/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304014655/https://nevadasouthern.com/equipment/locomotive-844-type-gp-30/ |archive-date=2024-03-04 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=[[Nevada Southern Railway]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|Famously the engine that necessitated the renumbering of [[Union Pacific 844|UP steam engine #844]] to #8444 from 1962 to its retirement in 1989. 
|-
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]]
|849
|Union Pacific
|849
|[[Western Pacific Railroad Museum]]
|[[Portola, California|Portola]], [[California]]
|Preserved
|
|-
|[[Seaboard System|Louisville and Nashville]]
|1030
|Waldens Ridge Railroad
|1030
|[[Southern Appalachia Railway Museum]] 
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]
|Operating
|
|
|-
|[[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern]]
|2561
|Waldens Ridge Railroad
|2561
|Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]
|Preserved
|
|
|-
|[[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern]]
|2608
|Waldens Ridge Railroad
|2608
|Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]
|Preserved
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=HawkinsRails - Southern Appalachia Railway Museum Diesels |url=https://hawkinsrails.net/preservation/sarm/sarm_diesels.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309035513/https://hawkinsrails.net/preservation/sarm/sarm_diesels.html |archive-date=2024-03-09 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Hawkins Rails}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Pennsylvania Railroad]]
|2249
|[[Western Maryland Scenic Railroad|Western Maryland Scenic]]
|501
|Western Maryland Scenic
|[[Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland]], [[Maryland]]
|Operating
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=No. 501 |url=https://wmsr.com/our-locomotives/western-maryland-501 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905001551/https://wmsr.com/our-locomotives/western-maryland-501 |archive-date=2024-09-05 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=[[Western Maryland Scenic Railroad]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|
|-
|[[Reading Company]]
|5507
|Western Maryland Scenic
|502
|Western Maryland Scenic
|[[Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland]], [[Maryland]]
|Stored
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=WMSR 502 (CR 2175) on the CRHS's Conrail Photo Archive |url=https://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/photos/wmsr-502-cr-2175 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121172755/https://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/photos/wmsr-502-cr-2175 |archive-date=2023-01-21 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=The CRHS's Conrail Photo Archive |date=30 July 2011 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|
|-
|[[Soo Line Railroad|Soo Line]]
|715
|[[Wisconsin Central Ltd.|Wisconsin Central]]
|715
|[[National Railroad Museum]]
|[[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], [[Wisconsin]]
|On display
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Railroad Museum Green Bay WI - www.rgusrail.com |url=https://www.rgusrail.com/winrm.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422185631/https://www.rgusrail.com/winrm.html |archive-date=2024-04-22 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=www.rgusrail.com}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|
|-
|[[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio]]
|6955
|Baltimore & Ohio
|6955
|Cincinnati Scenic Railway
|[[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
|Undergoing restoration
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Save the Chessie |url=https://savethechessie.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406120117/https://savethechessie.org/ |archive-date=2023-04-06 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Save the Chessie}}</ref>
|Successfully acquired and undergoing mechanical restoration. See facebook page for details. 
|}

== See also ==
{{commons category|EMD GP30 locomotives}}
*[[List of GM-EMD locomotives]]
*[[List of GMD Locomotives]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography and external links ==
* {{cite journal|author=Moran, Miles|year=1975|title=And Passenger Service Too|journal=Railroad Modeler|volume=5|issue=8|pages=40–47}}
* Goodman, Eric. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20050217014301/http://www.qstation.org/EricGoodman/ericgoodman_gp30u.html ATSF GP30u Project]''. Retrieved on February 1, 2005.
* {{cite book|author=Eck H. C.|title=The Modern Locomotive Handbook|publisher=The Railway Fuel and Operating Officers Assoc.|year=1977}}
* {{cite book|editor=Hayden, Bob|title=Model Railroader Cyclopedia-Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives|publisher=Kalmbach Books|year=1980|isbn=0-89024-547-9}}
* {{cite web|title=The History of EMD Diesel Engines |work=Pacific Southwest Railway Museum |url=http://www.sdrm.org/roster/diesel/emd/history/ |access-date=February 12, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722194452/http://www.sdrm.org/roster/diesel/emd/history/ |archive-date=July 22, 2014 }}
* Komanesky, John. ''[http://www.thedieselshop.us/PRSVDemdOthers.HTML Preserved EMD Locomotives: All except Cab Units and Switchers]''. Retrieved on February 2, 2005.
* {{cite book|author=Pinkepank, Jerry A.|title=The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI|year=1973|isbn=0-89024-026-4}}
* Sarberenyi, Robert. ''[http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/gp30.htm EMD GP30 Original Owners]''. Retrieved on August 27, 2006
* Strack, Don. ''[http://utahrails.net/webpubs/up-gp30s.php Union Pacific's EMD GP30s]''. Retrieved on February 2, 2005.
* Trainpix.com. ''[http://archive.trainpix.com/bnsf/ROSTER.HTM BNSF Motive Power Roster]''. Retrieved on February 1, 2005.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091030101335/http://railwaymuseum.ab.ca/node/42 The Alberta Railway Museum website.] Retrieved on February 19, 2011.
* [http://utahrails.net/ajkristopans/ROADSWITCHERS567.php#gp30 Build dates, order and serial numbers]

== Further reading ==
* {{cite magazine | last=Guss | first=Chris | title=EMD's unique GP30 soldiers on| magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] | date=May 2017 | volume=77 | issue=5 | page=20 | issn=0041-0934 }}
* {{Schafer-Vintage Diesel}}
* {{Wilson-Guide}}

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