The EMD GP7 is a four-axle (B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between October...
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However, lessons learned from the BL2 were incorporated into EMD's next design, the GP7. EMD's diesel program was well underway by the late 1940s thanks...
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1970s and 1980s. The SD7 was conceived as a modification of the existing EMD GP7 with two additional powered axles, one for each truck. Providing two more...
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This is a summary, listing every EMD GP7 locomotive in preservation. "Illinois Terminal 1605". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-31. "Chicago...
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EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1954 and 1959. The GP9 succeeded the GP7 as...
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were Illinois Central GP7, GP9, a GP8, C&O GP9, D&RGW GP9, DT&I GP7, N&W GP7, P&LE GP7, QNS&L GP7, RDG GP7, St.J&LC GP9, SLSF GP7, and SP GP9. The Paducah...
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their aging fleet of EMD GP7, GP9 and GP18 road switchers (many of which were over twenty years old). 155 locomotives (122 GP7, 31 GP9 and two GP18)...
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GP11 rebuilding program in 1978. All units were rebuilt from recycled EMD GP7, GP9 or GP18 parts. Spotting features are an angled cab, exterior paper...
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contention. In later years, with the advent of the "road switchers" such as the EMD GP7, F-units were primarily used in "through freight" and "unit train" service...
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The EMD GP10 is a diesel-electric locomotive that is the result of rebuilding a GP7, GP9 or GP18. The Illinois Central Railroad had three separate rebuild...
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1950 it was clear that EMD's competitors could not crack their position in mainline road diesels and in 1949 their new EMD GP7 road switcher locomotive...
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(2005). EMD F-Unit Locomotives. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBNÂ 978-1-58007-192-5. Solomon, Brian (2006). EMD Early Road Switchers: GP7-GP20...
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The EMD GP40 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. It has an...
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September 21, 2017. "RailPictures.Net Photo: RCC 1800 Respondek Railroad Corp. EMD GP7 at Granite City, Illinois by Craig Walker". www.RailPictures.net. Retrieved...
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and later CNW 414 #515 (EMD E8A), operational at the Illinois Railway Museum (Still in Iowa Pacific livery) #1518 (EMD GP7), operational at the Illinois...
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With Thomas, Pumpkin Patch Express, and North Pole Express. EMD GP7 #1835 EMD GP10 #8330 EMD CF7 #204 ALCO RS3 #1633 Trains portal Florida portal Gold Coast...
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business, save for parcels carried in baggage cars. EMD E9 "A" and "B" units with the San Joaquin in 1974. EMD FP7 leading the San Francisco Zephyr in 1975....
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The EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. Power was...
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switcher locomotive designs, as offered by the competition in the form of the EMD GP7 or the Alco RS-3 and even the Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500. Robert Aldag Jr., who...
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reliable EMD 567B engine. ALCO built the RS-3 to compete with EMD, Fairbanks-Morse, and Baldwin Locomotive Works—and in particular with EMD's GP7, introduced...
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SD40-2W, SD40-2S. List of preserved EMD GP7 locomotives List of preserved EMD GP9 locomotives List of preserved EMD SD9 locomotives "CPR Diesel Locomotive...
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with the Nebraska Zephyr and only surviving EMD E5. The 1993 movie Groundhog Day featured the museum's EMD SD24 diesel locomotive. The museum's grounds...
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design project to replace the 244. 1949 also saw the introduction of the EMD GP7 road-switcher, a direct challenge in ALCo's bread-and-butter market. In...
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front. EMD GP7 EMD GP9 EMD GP20 EMD GP28 EMD GP30 EMD GP35 EMD GP38-2 EMD GP40-2 EMD GP50 EMD GP60 EMD SD7 EMD SD9 EMD SD24 EMD SD38-2 EMD SD39 EMD SD39-2...
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CB&Q to be fully dieselized was the Casper Division in Wyoming, where EMD GP7 road switchers were delivered in 1951. In 1955, regular performance on...
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was the second model of EMD's SD (special duty) line of locomotives, following the SD7. Just as the SD7 was a lengthened GP7 with two additional axles...
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Master" EMD GP7 EMD GP9 EMD GP9R EMD GP9E EMD SD7 EMD SD7R EMD SD9 EMD SD9E GE P30CH EMD SD40M-2 EMD SD39 EMD SD38-2 EMD SD35 EMD SDP45 EMD GP60 EMD GP40P-2...
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The EMD 567 is a line of large medium-speed diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. This engine, which succeeded Winton's 201A...
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appear to still have yellow-painted handrails. In 2004, a former NC&StL EMD GP7 diesel locomotive, No. 710, was restored to its original paint scheme by...
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