EMD E7
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TheE7was a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW),A1A-A1Apassenger train locomotive built byGeneral Motors'Electro-Motive DivisionofLa Grange, Illinois.428cabversions, or E7As, were built from February 1945 to April 1949; 82boosterE7Bs were built from March 1945 to July 1948. (Circa 1953 one more E7A was built by the Los Angeles General Shops of the Southern Pacific by rebuilding an E2A.) The 2,000 hp came from two12 cylindermodel 567A engines. Each engine drove its ownelectrical generatorto power the twotraction motorson one truck. The E7 was the eighth model in a line of passenger diesels of similar design known asEMD E-units,and it became the best selling E model upon its introduction.[1]
In profile the front of the nose of an E7A was less slanted than on earlier EMD passenger locomotives, and the E7,E8,andE9units have been nicknamed “bulldog nose”units. Some earlier units were called “shovel nose” units or “slant nose” units.
In film
[edit]AGulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadE7A, #103-A, appears at the start and end of the 1967 filmIn The Heat of the Night.
ASouthern PacificE7A, #6001, is on the point of a train that figures prominently in "The Hitch-Hiker",a popular 1960 episode of the anthology television series,The Twilight Zone,starringInger Stevens.(According to the narration, Steven's character is said to encounter the train somewhere between Pennsylvania and Tennessee, yet the locomotive's number board shows that the train, #99, is theCoast Daylight,which travelled between Los Angeles and San Francisco.)
In the 2010 miniseriesThe Pacific,filmed inMelbourne,S313,an example of the similar A16C export model, was painted to resembleLouisville & Nashville RailroadE7A 758 for filming, however it retained the livery for a short while after filming wrapped.
Surviving example
[edit]Ex-Pennsylvania RailroadE7A #5901 is preserved as the only surviving example of the E7. This locomotive has been cosmetically restored, and is currently on indoor display at theRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania,in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Original owners
[edit]Railroad | Quantity A units |
Quantity B units |
Road numbers A units |
Road numbers B units |
Notes |
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Electro-Motive Division(demonstrator) | 1 | — | 765 | — | Former GMTrain of Tomorrowdemonstrator, sold to Union Pacific 988 |
Alton Railroad | 7 | — | 101,A–103,A, 100 | — | toGM&Oin 1947 |
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | 20 | 10 | 524–543 | 755–764 | |
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | 2 | — | 700–701 | — | renumbered 10–11, Both Re-geared for freight in 1962 |
Boston and Maine Railroad | 21 | — | 3800–3820 | — | |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | 18 | — | 64,A–80,A | — | Even numbers only |
Central of Georgia Railway | 10 | — | 801–810 | — | |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 4 | — | 95–98 | — | |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | 3 | — | 1100–1102 | — | |
Chicago and North Western Railway | 26 | — | 5007B, 5008A,B–5019A,B, 5020A | — | |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | 44 | — | 9916A,B–9936A,B, 9937A, 9949 | — | |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | 11 | 9 | 632–642 | 632B–634B, 637B–642B | |
Florida East Coast Railway | 17 | 3 | 1006–1022 | 1052–1054 | |
Great Northern Railway | 13 | — | 500A,B–504A,B, 510A–512A | — | 500A,B–504A,B renumbered 500A–509A |
Illinois Central Railroad | 14 | 4 | 4005–4017, 4000 | 4100–4103 | |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 12 | — | 458A,B–461A,B, 790–793 | — | |
Maine Central Railroad | 7 | — | 705–711 | — | |
Milwaukee Road | 10 | — | 16A,B–20A,B | — | |
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | 2 | — | 101A,B | — | |
Missouri Pacific Railroad | 9 | 7 | 7004–7006, 7010–7011, 7014–7017 | 7004B, 7010B–7011B, 7014B–7017B | renumbered 13–15, 19–20, 23–26, 13B–15B, 17B–20B |
Missouri Pacific Railroad (International-Great Northern Railroad) | 3 | 1 | 7007, 7012–7013 | 7012B | renumbered 16, 21–22, 16B |
Missouri Pacific Railroad (St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway) | 2 | — | 7008–7009 | — | renumbered 17–18 |
New York Central Railroad | 36 | 14 | 4000–4035 | 4100–4113 | E7B renumbered 4200-4213 byPenn Centralin 1968 |
Pere Marquette Railway | 8 | — | 101–108 | — | |
Pennsylvania Railroad | 46 | 14 | 5900A–5901A, 5840A–5883A | 5840B–5864B (even only), 5900B | 5900-5901A renumbered to 4200-4201, 5840-5841 to 4240-4241, 5842-5879 to 4202-4239, 5880-5883 to 4242-4245, all toPenn Centralsame numbers. E7B renumbered 4214-4227 in 1968 |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | 32 | 3 | 3017–3048 | 3105–3107 | |
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway | 6 | — | 2000–2005 | — | Later rebuilt to look like E8's, but retained the same E7 innards |
Southern Railway | 18 | — | 2905–2922 | — | |
Southern Pacific Company | 5 | 10 | 6000A–6004A | 6000B,C–6004B,C | |
1 | — | 6017 | — | Model E7m, rebuilt from an E2A at Los Angeles Shops. | |
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | 1 | — | 750 | — | toBurlington Northern9900 |
Texas and Pacific Railway | 10 | — | 2000–2009 | — | renumbered 1–10 |
Union Pacific Railroad | 4 | 3 | 959A–960A, 930A–931A | 961B–963B | |
Joint UP-C&NW | 1 | 2 | 927A | 928B–929B | |
Joint UP-SP-C&NW | 1 | 2 | 907A | 908B–909B | |
Wabash Railroad | 4 | — | 1000, 1001, 1001A, 1002 | — | 1001 renumbered 1002A, then 1017; 1001A renumbered 1016 |
Total | 429 | 82 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Foster, Gerald L. (1996).A field guide to trains of North America.Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 100.ISBN0-395-70112-0.
- Dorin, Patrick C. (1972).Chicago and North Western Power.Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 131.ISBN0-87564-715-4.
- Lamb, J. Parker (2007).Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive.Railroads Past and Present. Bloomington, Indiana:Indiana University Press.ISBN978-0-253-34863-0.
- Marre, Louis A. (1995).Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972.Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin:Kalmbach Publishing.ISBN978-0-89024-258-2.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973).The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide.Milwaukee, Wisconsin:Kalmbach Publishing.pp. EMD–121–EMD–123.ISBN978-0-89024-026-7.
- Schafer, Mike(1998).Vintage Diesel Locomotives.Enthusiast Color Series. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing.ISBN978-0-7603-0507-2.
- Solomon, Brian (2000).The American Diesel Locomotive.Osceola, Wisconsin:MBI Publishing Company.ISBN978-0-7603-0666-6.
- Solomon, Brian (2006).EMD Locomotives.St. Paul, Minnesota:Voyageur Press.ISBN978-0-7603-2396-0.
- Solomon, Brian (2010).Vintage Diesel Power.Minneapolis, Minnesota: MBI Publishing.ISBN978-0-7603-3795-0.
- Solomon, Brian (2011).Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units: The Illustrated History of North America's Favorite Locomotives.Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press.ISBN978-0-7603-4007-3.
- Solomon, Brian (2012).North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory.Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press.ISBN978-0-7603-4370-8.
- Wilson, Jeff (2002).E Units: Electro-Motive's Classic Streamliners.Classic Trains / Golden Years of Railroading series. Waukesha, WI, USA: Kalmbach Publishing.ISBN0890246068.
External links
[edit]- Kristopans, Andre J."EMD E unit Serial numbers".
- Bachand, Jean-Denis."EMC E7 Data Sheet".Retrieved27 January2013.
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania – #5901 page(Archive of Webpage here.)