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The F7 succeeded the F3 model in GM-EMD's F-unit series, and was replaced in turn by the F9. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois , plant or GMD's London, Ontario , facility. There was no F4, -5 or -6 model; "7" was chosen to match the contemporary twin-engine E7 , and was also applied to the new GP7 road-switcher.
The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotives
Santa Fe's aging fleet of F7 units were approaching retirement age in 1970. These units were remanufactured into switchers and named CF7. Santa Fe used them for a decade and sold many of them to short lines around the states. Many of those were still being used as of 2003. [4]
The FT, introduced in 1939 with the new 1,350 hp (1.01 MW) 567 engine and Blomberg B trucks, was a successful design, and remained in production during WWII.. The F3 (1946) had a different roof arrangement that included the replacement of the FT's boxy dynamic brake structure with two under-roof grids, two exhaust stacks instead of four, and four cooling fans grouped together instead of ...
The design was based on the Electro-Motive Diesel EMD F7 locomotive. [1] The first 11 were delivered with EMD 16-567B , 1,119 kW (1,501 hp) engines and four powered axles with the remainder having 16-567C, 1,305 kW (1,750 hp) engines and six powered axles.
EMD introduced their new 710 engine in 1984 with the 60 Series locomotives (EMD SD60 and EMD GP60), the EMD 645 engine continued to be offered in certain models (such as the 50 Series) until 1988. The 710 is produced as an eight-, twelve-, sixteen-, and twenty-cylinder engine for locomotive, marine and stationary applications.
EMD GP40-2: 4300–4303 1965–1968 Ex-Conrail and New York Central. Mainly used for Yard Service and Equipment moves EMD GP40PH-2: 4102-4108, 4110-4112 1968 Modified for non-revenue use and are now mechanically standard GP40-2s. 4105, 4110, and 4112 remain unmodified. MotivePower MP20B-3: 1001–1005 2008 Rebuilt from 1967 EMD GP40FH-2s 4130 ...
An EMD E7, one of the American "bulldog noses" "Bulldog nose" is the nickname given, due to their appearance, to several cab-unit diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by GM-EMD and its licensees from 1939 to 1970. The term originated with EMD F-units, as well as later E-unit models such as the E7, E8, and E9.