NationMaster - Encyclopedia: EMD GP7

An EMD GP7 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1949 and May 1954. Power was provided by an EMD 567B 16-cylinder engine which generated 1500 horsepower (1.1 MW). This locomotive type was offered both with and without control cabs; locomotives built without control cabs were called GP7B locomotives. The GP7B locomotives were built between March and April of 1953. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 289 KB) Illinois Terminal Railroad number 1605, an EMD GP7 preserved in operational condition at the Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 289 KB) Illinois Terminal Railroad number 1605, an EMD GP7 preserved in operational condition at the Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. ... The Illinois Terminal Railroad (AAR reporting mark ITC) was a railroad carrier in Illinois. ... The only surviving EMD E5 is used regularly on the museums excursion trains, usually pulling the Nebraska Zephyr. ... A locomotive (from lat. ... Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A piston and cylinder from a steam engine A cylinder in an internal combustion engine is the space within which a piston travels. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

2610 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 112 were built for Canadian railroads and 2 were built for Mexican railroads. Of the GP7B, 5 examples were built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...

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Categories: Diesel locomotive stubs | EMD locomotives | B-B locomotives Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... Image File history File links Electro-Motive Division Logo Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. ... Janesville & Southeastern #52, a BL2, on display at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI in 2004. ... A Canadian National Railway GP9 leads a train up Yellowhead Pass. ... An EMD GP15-1 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1976 and March 1982. ... An EMD GP15AC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November and December 1982. ... An EMD GP15T is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1982 and April 1983. ... An EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. ... ATSF 3055, a GP20, awaits it next assignment in the San Bernardino, California, yard in December, 1987. ... The GP20D is a four-axle B-B switcher built by MotivePower Industries and General Motors Electro-Motive Division. ... An EMD GP28 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between March 1964 and November 1965. ... WC 715, a GP30 on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI The EMD GP30 was a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle B-B diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between November 1963 and January 1966. ... A Santa Fe Railroad GP35 painted in the short-lived SPSF livery. ... CC 2008, a GP38, leads a westbound train through northern Illinois in 1993. ... An EMD GP38AC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division beginning in 1971. ... LLPX 2235 leads a train in Anaheim, California, in early 2005. ... An EMD GP39 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1969 and 1970. ... An EMD GP39DC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1970. ... An EMD GP39-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1984. ... A DM&E GP40 running long-hod forward. ... EMD had produced several variants on the EMD GP40 in the 1960s. ... ... EMD had produced several variants on the EMD GP40 in the 1960s. ... An EMD GP40X is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1977 and 1978. ... An HO scale (1:87) model of a GP40-2, painted as Chessie System GM50. ... A BN train westbound through Eola, Illinois, led by a GP50. ... SOU 4610, owned by Norfolk Southern. ... SSW (SP-owned) 9673, a GP60, leads an eastbound train through Caliente, California, in the late 1980s. ... The following is a list of locomotives produced by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD). ...