page_title: GE C30-7
section_title: Use in Estonia
hierarchical_section_title: GE C30-7 / Use in Estonia
caption_attribution_description: English: Tapa station, Estonia. With TEP70 heading passenger special and GE locomotive heading goods train.
context_page_description: The C30-7 is a 6-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1976 and 1986 as an updated U30C with a 16-cylinder 3,000 horsepower FDL-series diesel engine. 1,137 were built for North American railroads.
context_section_description: In 2003 19 C30-7As were rebuilt and exported to Estonia as C30-7Ais to be used by EVR (Eesti Raudtee) which at that time was privately owned. The locos were numbered as part of Class 1500 (1558–1576) and were second-hand from Conrail/CSX/NS (USA).
  In 2018, Operail (formerly EVR Cargo) announced it had completed its first conversion of the series with #1564.  International Railway Journal reported, "Only the frames and bogies of the original locomotive were retained and the C30-M features a new centrally-positioned driver’s cab and a 1.55MW Caterpillar 3512C HD diesel engine."  The converted unit has a 1520mm track gauge and weighs 138 tonnes.  Operail's redesign makes the units suitable for shunting and line haul.  The redesigned units are planned for internal use and export sales.
caption: A C30-7Ai pulls a freight train through the railway station in Tapa, Estonia in 2005.
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