The EMD FP7 is a 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), B-B dual-service passenger and freight-hauling diesel locomotive produced between June 1949 and December 1953 by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel.

EMD produced the 1500 horsepower FP7A locomotive between June 1949 and December 1953. The locomotives were extended in length by four feet (behind the first body side porthole) over …

Dec 18, 2024 · Aside from its steam generator components, the FP7 was nearly identical to the F7. It featured EMD's 16-cylinder, model 567B prime mover - that could produce 1,500 horsepower - and carried the company's D27C traction motors, which offered as much as 40,000 pounds of continuous tractive effort.

Reading FP7 #900. blt 1950 cn11387 J Hunt: R.J. Corman RR FP7AA #1940 & 1941, Bardstown KY 1989, nee SOU 6141, blt ... Richmond IN 1960, blt 1952, cn 12412,12418, to PC4334/4340 Bud Laws: Ontario Northland FP7 CAT repowered #2001: ONT FP7A with mated with European TEE power unit #1987 JL Hunt: Ontario Northland FP7 CAT repowered #2001: LIRR ...

Jul 1, 2022 · FP7 No. 2500A was one of several such passenger engines used by the Soo Line for their passenger service between Chicago, Duluth, Winnipeg and other places. It is currently owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum and is used in excursion service.

Order # Date Serial Numbers Model Road Numbers Qty. Weight Remarks; C117A: 04.51 to 08.51: A203-A229 odd: F7A: CN: 9028-9054 even: 14.. C137A: 12.51: A326-A332 even ...

Dec 20, 2006 · The DC-only FP7 started on 1.5 volts at 4 scale mph and reached a maximum speed of 74.2 mph. The drawbar pull is equivalent to 58 free-rolling freight cars or 19 passenger cars on straight and level track.

The first was the “FT”, followed by the F2, F3, F7, and the first model with an extended frame for a larger water tank, the FP7. The F9, and its sister units the passenger FP9 and the electric/diesel FL9, were the last of the F series.

CN's order made them the last carbody B-units built by either EMD or GMD. Beginning in 1954, CN received their first F9Bs, numbers 6600-6612 (classified as GPB-17a) and soon thereafter with 6613 (GPB-17b) in 1955.

There were five versions alone of the CN F9B with its unique single louver in place of the centre porthole (this second run includes two variants), while the CP versions feature their equally unique body style with three portholes per side and 48" dynamic brake cooling fans, as well as CP winterization hatches, CP grilles, CP cooling coils, CP ...