The first GP7/GP9 units for Chicago & North Western Railway came in August and September 1950 as three ex-General Motors' Electro Motive Division GP7 demonstrators. GM-EMD had built the three units in October and November 1949, and January 1950, to show off its …

4601-2, 4604, 4606, 4614, 4627 and 4631 were Operation Lifesaver units. A. #4084C was heavily damaged (including a cracked/bent frame) in Rhinelander, WI wreck on 4 July 1951. There is no available record indicating the F7A was rebuilt by the railroad or EMD. Yet records show a # 4084C was renumbered 21 years later as #415. B.

Historically significant as the first "Geep" ever built! Built 10/49 as EMDX demonstrator 852, the very first Geep. Demo. Freight. C&NW 1518 was the very first Geep EMD built. Which green and yellow Geep do you prefer?

The EMD GP7 is a four-axle (B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between October 1949 and May 1954. [2] The GP7 was the first EMD road locomotive to use a hood unit design instead of a car-body design.

GP7 4316 Waukegan, IL 1154 views GP7 4316 is leading 3 Missabe SD9’s on an empty westbound ore train at Waukegan, IL. The CNW unit is equipped with the required Automatic Train Stop. Jim H. Yanke photo, 3-1974.

C&NW 1518 is the first GP-series (or "Geep") locomotive ever built. It is a 1949 GP7 built by EMD in La Grange, IL.

Wrecked in 1992 scrapped by CNW. Ex D&RGW 5111, CRI&P 4207, PNC 4207. Scrapped 1989.

May 4, 1999 · There are several GP7s used around the terminal, but most are modified versions with a lowered front nose. #4190 retains the classic high nose look. The paint job and engine look factory new! This profile view shows the cab and the …

Nov 9, 2012 · The CNW ordered from EMD specially equipped GP7 and GP9 locomotives to replace steam locomotives on the road's Chicago commuter trains. CNW's steam ear commuter coaches and combines didn't have axle driven generators and received their electricity for lighting from the locomotive.

Road names released by Walthers for its Proto HO-scale GP7 offering include Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & North Western, New York Central, and Pennsylvania Railroad. The GP7 models come in standard Direct Current (DC) or with Digital Command Control (DCC) and sound.