Amtrak Auto Train cab view of GE P30CH leading … Flickr

Ge P30ch. 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

The 7FDL-16 prime mover is the same engine seen in the most powerful four axle locomotive during this. The Amtrak GE P30CH locomotive is the spiritual successor to the GE U30CG passenger locomotive of 1967

GE P30CH (Pooch) by LexietheDiesel312 on DeviantArt

The GE P30CH was one of the first brand-new diesel-electric locomotives built for Amtrak by General Electric during Amtrak's early years 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 The P30CH had immediate tracking issues with its FB3 "Adirondack" trucks, a GE design that was also used on the E60C electrics

AMTK 700 Amtrak GE P30CH at Effingham, Illinois by Bob Edmonson. They were the first locomotives owned by Amtrak to possess head end power, provided by two Detroit Diesel 2 stroke generator sets made by their competitor GM The design was based on the GE U30C, but had a cowl carbody like its EMD competitors

4529.1223994471.jpg. The Amtrak GE P30CH locomotive is the spiritual successor to the GE U30CG passenger locomotive of 1967 The P30CH had immediate tracking issues with its FB3 "Adirondack" trucks, a GE design that was also used on the E60C electrics