The E7 was the eighth model in a line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD 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, and E9 units have been nicknamed “bulldog nose” units ...

Feb 20, 2025 · Perhaps most amazing is that more Alco PA's survive than this popular EMD model! This Electro-Motive photo, taken in the spring of 1945, features Great Northern E7A set #504A/B wearing a rare livery ordered for the postwar "Empire Builder."

However EMD was able to deliver the required E7 sets, 6003 A, B, C and 6004 A, B, C arrived in Daylight paint and Shasta Daylight lettering and Medallions. These were also assigned to the LA diesel pool, and also worked runs out of LA.

EMD E7A and E7B; Data Sheet Information Compiled by: JEAN-DENIS BACHAND: New: 4 August 2006 : Artwork by: Jean-Denis Bachand-Engine Builder: Winton: Engines: Two 567A 12 cylinder: Bore & Stroke: 8.5" X 10" RPM (Maximum / Minimum) ... Back to EMD Power ...

The E7 was a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between 1945 – 1949. In profile the front of the nose of an E7A was less slanted than on earlier EMD passenger locomotives, and the E7, E8, and E9...

EMD E7A, Train of Tomorrow #765 , Demo built in 1947 Home Site Map Search Contact North East Rails © Clint Chamberlin .

The E7 was a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. 428 cab versions, or E7As, were built from February 1945 to April 1949; 82 booster E7Bs were built from March 1945 to July 1948.

EMD E7A: Built As: PRR 5867 (E7A) Serial Number: 7837: Order No: E1113: Frame Number: E1113-A2: Built: 3/1949: Other locos with this serial: PC 4227(E7A) PRR 5867(E7A) Page Controls : View: Pics Per Page: Title: PRR E7A 4227 : Description: The Pennsylvania Limited at Altoona. Photographer unknown.

Nov 18, 2021 · Were EMD E7As generally MU’d with their B-units (or another A)? Or were they ever run solo by themselves? Here is a very old thread with lots of very good information.

NYC Class E7A.