ATSF logo ATSF GE U30CG
400 class
renumbered to 8000 class
master power roster with references
specifications
power:  hp
weight:  lbs
tractive effort:  lbs @ mph
   engine: 
fuel capacity:  gals
gear ratio:  77:26de132
trucks:  trucks, with in wheels, and bearings 		  alternator: 
traction motors: 
dynamic brakes: 
 
roster
400 class
road
numbers 		model builder info history disposition
 400:2 








 8000 
 8000 


 8000 
 U30CG builder:  GE11,x2
date:  Nov676,7,x2
serial no.:  363466,7,16,x2
requisition no.:
  391-8772311
production order no.:
  192511
 numbered:   400 :
    • delivered:  Nov67de132,
  assignment:  passenger service:
    • paint:  SRW4,17p,de132p,x2p
    • logo:  small black "Santa Fe" on side
    • steam generator:  equipped4,
  assignment:  freight service ca. Apr69de132:
    • gear ratio:  74:18de132  date 
    • steam generator:  removed ???694;
renumbered:   8000 4,6 Apr704,
  repainted:   8000  ???724:
    • paint:  BYT24,de132p
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side,
  repainted:   8000   date :
    • paint:  BYW2
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side
    • nose herald:  solid blue cigarband4 after
        midJun72 		retired:  22Sep804,de132;
traded:  to GE4,de132 ???804 for B36-7
    seriesde132
 401:2 








 8001 
 U30CG builder:  GE11
date:  Nov677
serial no.:  363477,16
requisition no.:
  391-8772311
production order no.:
  192511
 numbered:   401 :
    • delivered:  Nov67de132,
  assignment:  passenger service:
    • paint:  SRW4,de132p
    • logo:  small black "Santa Fe" on side
    • steam generator:  equipped4,
  assignment:  freight service ca. Apr69de132:
    • gear ratio:  74:18de132  date 
    • steam generator:  removed ???694;
renumbered:   8001 4,6 Apr704,
  repainted:   8001   date :
    • paint:  BYW2de132p
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side
    • nose herald:  "outlined" yellow cigarband4,de132p
        after midJun72,
  repainted:   BYW2  after 1977de132:
    • nose herald:  solid blue cigarbandde132p
 retired:  22Sep804,de132;
traded:  to GE4,de132 ???804 for B36-7
    seriesde132
 402:2  U30CG builder:  GE11
date:  Nov677
serial no.:  363487,16
requisition no.:
  391-8772311
production order no.:
  192511
 numbered:   402 :
    • delivered:  Nov67de132,
  assignment:  passenger service:
    • paint:  SRW4,de132p
    • logo:  small black "Santa Fe" on side
    • steam generator:  equipped4,
  assignment:  freight service ca. Apr69de132:
    • gear ratio:  74:18de132  date 
    • steam generator:  removed ???694;
renumbered:   8002 4,6,de132p Apr704,
  repainted:   8002   date :
    • paint:  BYW2de132
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side
    • nose herald:  solid blue cigarband4,de132
        after midJun72,
 retired:  22Sep804,de132;
traded:  to GE4,de132 ???804 for B36-7
    seriesde132
 403:2  U30CG builder:  GE11
date:  Nov677
serial no.:  363497,16
requisition no.:
  391-8772311
production order no.:
  192511
 numbered:   403 :
    • delivered:  Nov67de132,
  assignment:  passenger service:
    • paint:  SRW4,de132p
    • logo:  small black "Santa Fe" on side
    • steam generator:  equipped4,
  assignment:  freight service ca. Apr69de132:
    • gear ratio:  74:18de132  date 
    • steam generator:  removed ???694;
renumbered:   8003 4,6 Apr704,
  repainted:   8003   date :
    • paint:  BYW2de132p
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side
    • nose herald:  "outlined" yellow cigarband4,de132p
        after midJun72,
  repainted:   8003  before 27Oct79de132:
    • nose herald:  solid blue cigarbandde132p
 retired:  22Sep804,de132;
traded:  to GE4,de132 ???804 for B36-7
    seriesde132
 404:2  U30CG builder:  GE11
date:  Nov677
serial no.:  363507,16
requisition no.:
  391-8772311
production order no.:
  192511
 numbered:   404 :
    • delivered:  Nov67de132,
  assignment:  passenger service:
    • paint:  SRW4,de132p,x13p
    • logo:  small black "Santa Fe" on side
    • steam generator:  equipped4,
  assignment:  freight service ca. Apr69de132:
    • gear ratio:  74:18de132  date 
    • steam generator:  removed ???694;
renumbered:   8004 4,6 Apr704,
  repainted:   8004  ???734:
    • paint:  BYT24
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side,
  repainted:   8004  Jun72-Fall72:
    • paint:  BYW2de132
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side
    • nose herald:  "outlined" yellow cigarband4,de132p,
  repainted:   8004   date :
    • nose herald:  solid blue cigarband4 		retired:  22Sep804,de132;
traded:  to GE4,de132 ???804 for B36-7
    seriesde132
 405:2  U30CG builder:  GE11
date:  Nov677
serial no.:  363517
requisition no.:
  391-8772311
production order no.:
  192511
 numbered:   405 :
    • delivered:  Nov67de132,
  assignment:  passenger service:
    • paint:  SRW4
    • logo:  small black "Santa Fe" on side
    • steam generator:  equipped4,
  assignment:  freight service ca. Apr69de132:
    • gear ratio:  74:18de132  date 
    • steam generator:  removed ???694;
renumbered:   8005 4,6,de132p Apr704,
  repainted:   8005   date :
    • paint:  BYW2
    • logo:  54in "Santa Fe" on side
    • nose herald:  "outlined" yellow cigarband4
        midJun72-Oct721
  repainted   8005  after 1977de132:
    • nose herald:  solid blue cigarbandde132p
 retired:  22Sep804,de132;
traded:  to GE4,de132 ???804 for B36-7
    seriesde132
 
data references
  1 Joe McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, 1975.
  2 Joe McMillan, Wheat Lines and Super Freights, vol 2, 1992.
  4 Gregg Fuhriman, private roster data.
  6 Tom Chandler, web ATSF roster information.
  7 Jean-Denis Bachand, "The Diesel Shop" at www.thedieselshop.us/DataU30CG.HTML.
11 David Dallner, private ATSF roster information.
14 Lloyd Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 3.
16 David Dallner, private correspondence.
17 Steve Allen Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, 2000.
 
de132 Paul K. Withers, "Diesel Era," vol. 13, no.2, March/April 2002.
 
    x2 "Extra 2200 South," issue 2, February 1968.
  x13 "Extra 2200 South," issue 13, February-March 1969.
13 "Extra 2200 South," issue 129, pp. 32f.
 
photo references
road
number
 paint photo date source notes
400  SRW 
 SRW 
 SRW 
 21Jun68
Jul68
9Sep68
 Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 107.
McMillan, Wheat Lines and Super Freights, vol. 2, p. 20.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 24.
  
401  SRW 
 SRW 
 2Jan68
May68
 Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 94.
Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 100.
  
402  SRW 
 SRW 
 SRW 
 May68
22Jun68
13Oct68
 Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 100.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 25.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; pp. 21, 25.
  
403  SRW 
 SRW 
 16Jun68
22Jun68
 Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 105.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 25.
  
404  SRW 
 SRW 
 SRW 
 21Jun68
Jul68
24Sep68
 Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 107.
McMillan, Wheat Lines and Super Freights, vol. 2, p. 20.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; pp. 26, 27.
  
405  SRW 
 SRW 
 SRW 
 13Apr68
19Jul68
29Sep68
 Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 98.
Goen, Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, vol. 1, p. 103.
Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 3, p. 69.
  
407  SRW  Mar69 "Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2, p. 27.  
8000  BYT2  Jun73 "Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 53.  
8001  SRW 
 SRW 
 BYW2 
 BYW2 
 19Sep70
1May71
6Jul73
???78
 "Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2, p. 27.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2, p. 53.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2, p. 55.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 56.
  
8002  SRW 
 BYW2 
 BYW2 
 27Jun71
23Jun79
18Sep79
 "Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 26.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 56.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 26.
  
8003  BYW2 
 BYW2 
 BYW2 
 20Oct75
27Sep79
3May80
 "Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 55.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; front cover.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 26.
  
8004  SRW 
 BYT2 
 BYW2 
 date not given
date not given
16Feb74
 McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, p. 34.
McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, p. 34.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 56, back cover.
  
8005  SRW 
 SRW 
 SRW 
 BYW2 
 BYW2 
 14Jun69
30May70
28Dec70
Oct72
???78
 Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 3, p. 33.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 52.
Stagner, Santa Fe, 1940-1971, vol. 3, p. 68.
McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, p. 34.
"Diesel Era," vol. 13, no. 2; p. 56.
  
 
abbreviations
 BYT2  -- blue with yellow ends ("bookends") paint, large "Santa Fe" logo on long hood
 BYW2  -- blue and yellow warbonnet paint, large "Santa Fe" logo on long hood and cigarband herald
GE -- General Electric
 SRW  -- silver and red warbonnet paint, a variety of cigarband heralds (see "history" for types)
 
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