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Ge P30ch. GE's "U30C" Series Including The "U30CG" and "P30CH" The GE P30CH included a GE 7-FDL prime mover, generating up to 3,000 horsepower, powering the GE GTA11 main generator, which provided DC electricity to six GE 752 traction motors, which produced 95,500 lbs of tractive effort at the rail head After some tweaks the locomotives entered service between Chicago-New Orleans over the Illinois Central.

General Electric P30CH; Data Sheet Information Compiled by: JEAN-DENIS BACHAND: New: 28 January 2006: Drawing by: Jean-Denis Bachand-Engine Builder: General Electric : After some tweaks the locomotives entered service between Chicago-New Orleans over the Illinois Central.

Amtrak GE P30CH Trains

The GE P30CH, nicknamed "Pooch" by rail-fans and engineers, were 3000 hp six axle locomotives with a C-C wheel arrangement The P30CH had immediate tracking issues with its FB3 "Adirondack" trucks, a GE design that was also used on the E60C electrics Some, however, were leased to CalTrain (and Southern Pacific) during 1978 and.

GE P30CH Pooch" Amtrak 322/323, The Calumet, a Valparaiso … Flickr. The eastbound SUNSET LIMITED was easing onto the bridge over Berwick Bay at Berwick, Louisiana with P30CH units 708 and 721, seven Amtrak cars and a pair of private cars The Amtrak GE P30CH locomotive is the spiritual successor to the GE U30CG passenger locomotive of 1967

Amtrak Silver Meteor with GE P30CH (Pooch) 707, in the. They were retired from service in 1992 after having an otherwise varied career 719 leads the eastbound Sunset Limited into Phoenix on Feb