Statistics:
Motive Power: Diesel Electric
Dates of Manufacture: Feb. 1949 - Dec. 1953
Manufacturer: General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Number Produced: 2,366 A units, 1,483 B units
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Dates of Manufacture: Feb. 1949 - Dec. 1953
Manufacturer: General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Number Produced: 2,366 A units, 1,483 B units
Wheel Arrangement: B-B
Notes:
The F7 succeeded the F3 as the fourth EMD's F-unit series of freight locomotives. For many years it remained the best selling diesel-electric locomotive of all time, ultimately succeeded by the EMD SD40-2 engine.