There is a small but interesting train museum adjacent to the Pueblo Union Depot train station, including these two unique pieces. DOT 001 is a U30C that used to be used on the Department of Tran... (more)

After dropping off a loaded iron ore train at the connection with Southern Pacific at Ferrum on the western end of the Eagle Mountain RR the power and caboose head back toward Eagle Mountain.

An L&N U30C rolls off of the turntable at Loyall, Kentucky. The hostler has an assistant riding with him on this warm May morning.

One year old RI 4583, Rock Island owned 18 GE 3000hp U30C's numbered 4582-4599.

A loaded coal train makes for a fine sight as it sweeps thru an S curve along Hwy 2.

One of Kaiser Steel's Eagle Mountain RR U30C's showed up at SP's Taylor Yard engine facility for some wheel work.

Storm light over the joint line at Palmer Lake

With a wave from the fireman, UP 2904 rolls through Cozad, NE.

Conrail’s Collinwood shops are hosting the usual assortment of CR power, with some visitors, too. The U30C is a Detroit Edison unit, while the four GP38-2’s belong to the Cleveland Electric Il... (more)

Three builders are represented in this consist with a filthy GE U30C, an ex RDG EMD GP39-2, and a very clean Alco C628 trailing.

Back in the early 1970s Missouri Pacific acquired 35 3000-hp U30C’s for service in the southern Illinois coal fields and worked them hard, giving them little attention and less maintenance. On ... (more)

Detroit Edison bought a fleet of U30C’s and SD40’s to ensure that Penn Central would not delay coal shipments to their electric generating stations due to unavailable or unreliable power. Here... (more)

SOO struggled with seasonal power shortages and occasionally 912 would be called out of Gladstone with a singe unit or lose a unit to a 911 that was having power problems. Normally an extra would ... (more)

UP train using KCT trackage rights Sheffield interlocking

Burlington Northern GE U30C No. 5908 leads an eastbound coal train at Broken Bow, Nebraska, on July 19, 1985.