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    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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    Electro-Motive Diesel (redirect from GM EMD)
    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. ISBN 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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  • GP-7 (redirect from GP7)
    GP-7 or GP7 may refer to: EMD GP7, a class of locomotives Ducati GP7, a model of the racing motorcycle Ducati Desmosedici Honda GP7, a model of the subcompact...
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