EL-3 and EMD GM6C and 2 F7s

Production

The Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors produced the F7 from 1949 to 1953. Over 2,300 units were made.

Power

The F7 had 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW).

Use

The F7 was used for both freight and passenger service. It hauled trains like the Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief and El Capitan, and the Ontario Northland's Northlander.

Speed

The Milwaukee Road's F7s were considered to be among the fastest steam locomotives ever built. They could run at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) on a daily basis.

Design

The F7 was similar in appearance to its predecessor, the EMD F3, but differed in internal equipment and some external features.

Replacement

The F7 was succeeded by the more powerful F9, which had an extra filter grille and a 567C prime mover.

Preservation

Many F7s are preserved in museums, parks, and privately. Restored F7s are also sometimes used for excursions and diPurpose

The EMD GM6C was a testbed electric locomotive for freight service.

Builder

The EMD GM6C was built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in collaboration with ASEA of Sweden.

Release date

The EMD GM6C was rolled out from EMD's La Grange, Illinois plant on May 1, 1975.

Design

The EMD GM6C was designed for lower-speed drag freight service and was equipped with close to standard C-C HTC trucks and traction motors.

Sales

The EMD GM6C was unsuccessful in the U.S. The failure of the market to expand in the early 1970s ended the efforts to sell EMD electric freight locomotives in the U.S.

The GE E33 was originally built for the Virginian Railway in 1955 as the Virginian EL-C. After the Virginia Railway merged with the Norfolk & Western, the locomotives were reclassified as EF-4s. The New Haven Railroad then purchased several of them.

Technology

The GE E33 was the first successful production locomotive to use Ignitron (mercury arc) rectifier technology.

Production

Due to the limited number of electrified railroads and the development of improved electric locomotive technology, no more EL-Cs were built.

Model trains

Lionel produced model trains of the GE E33, including the O gauge No. 153.

Features

A model train version of the GE E33 may include features like:

ABS body

Metal body side grilles

Lighted cab interior

Illuminated number boards

Mechanically operating pantographs

Catenary/track power selector switch

Onboard DCC receiver

Virginian EL-C nowplow. nner trains.