GE BQ23-7

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Trucks	Blomberg B
Prime mover	7FDL12
Aspiration	Turbocharged
Generator	GE GY27
Traction motors	GE 752AF (4)
Cylinders	12
Gear ratio	83:20

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Electric
Build date	October 1978 to January 1979
Total produced	10

GE BQ23-7
GE BQ23-7
	CSXT BQ23-7 3001 brings a transfer run thru Blue Island, IL in November of 1991
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Electric
Build date	October 1978 to January 1979
Total produced	10
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Trucks	Blomberg B
Prime mover	7FDL12
Aspiration	Turbocharged
Generator	GE GY27
Traction motors	GE 752AF (4)
Cylinders	12
Gear ratio	83:20
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	70 mph (113 km/h)
Power output	2,250 hp (1,677.82 kW)
Operators
Career
Operators	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad; Seaboard System; CSX Transportation
Numbers	SCL: 5130-5139 CSXT: 3000-3009
Nicknames	"Busses"; "Aegis Cruisers"
Locale	eastern United States
Scrapped	2001
Disposition	all scrapped

The GE BQ23-7 was a model of diesel locomotive manufactured by General Electric,^[1] a variant of the B23-7^[2] built between 1978 and 1979 (the 'Q' stood for "crew Quarters"). It was mechanically identical to a regular B23-7, but equipped with an enlarged operating cab for accommodating the train crew, thus making a case for eliminating the caboose from the rear of freight trains. SCL no.5130-5139 were the only ones built. Following a practice dating back to ACL and SAL U30Bs of 1967, SCL's 10 BQ23-7s and 30 standard B23-7s were delivered riding on reconditioned Blomberg trucks from EMD trade-ins.

Only ten were built, all for the Seaboard Coast Line railroad, (originally no.5130–5139). CSX later inherited these locomotives, operating them into the late 1990s and early 2000s.

None of these locomotives survive today. All were scrapped in 2001.

^ Hans Halberstadt (13 September 1996). Modern Diesel Locomotives. MBI Publishing Company. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-0-7603-0199-9. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
^ Gerald L. Foster (18 March 1996). A Field Guide to Trains of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-0-395-70112-6. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

[Halberstadt1996-1] Hans Halberstadt (13 September 1996). Modern Diesel Locomotives. MBI Publishing Company. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-0-7603-0199-9. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

[Foster1996-2] Gerald L. Foster (18 March 1996). A Field Guide to Trains of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-0-395-70112-6. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

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