The Santa Fe CF7 is an EMD F-unit railroad locomotive that has had its streamlined carbody removed and replaced with a custom-made, "general purpose" body in order to adapt the unit for switching duty.

Reference source: The CF7 Locomotives by Cary F. Poole: Railroad Press (1997), TDS rosters, and Utah Rails website (by Don Strack) Additional information/updates by: Wayne Allen Tom Berry & Randy Keller (also major update to dispositions) Original upload: 17 May 2009

Aug 30, 2018 · Santa Fe CF7 Cab. The CF7 program to rebuild F-Units into a road-switcher involved an oddly proportioned parody of the standard EMD cab. Both rounded and angular roofs were used. CF7 CF7 (Marc Grinter) NS Admiral Cab. This is …

Feb 26, 2005 · The frame uses either the Atlas, Kato or NWSL Can motors. Now the completed engines will run better, quieter and out pull any stock Athearn CF7 engine. With 10 CF7s running on the layout we figured that it was well worth the time …

While the vast majority of CF7's were rebuilt with round cabs (2472-2649, released in descending order), only a relative few early rebuilds came out with two-stack manifolds (2614-2649). The rest had four stacks, and many two-stackers were eventually retrofitted with four.

Nov 7, 2024 · NS 36Q had a CF7 trailing 4 of 4 on SEPT 14th 2016. THUMBNAIL PHOTO NOT MINE! CREDIT TO ITS ORIGINAL OWNER Enjoy!

A nice mix of power sits at Amtrak's Race Street terminal at 30th Street Station in Philly. A closer look at the servicing tracks at Race Street.

In Early 1970, the Santa Fe shops in Cleburne, Texas, began what is probably the most ambitious locomotive rebuild program by any United States railroad. They stripped off the shells of F3, F7 and F9 cab units, rebuilt the frame and converted what …

Santa Fe’s CF7 diesel-electric locomotives are an important part of the story of the resurgence of shortlines in the last decades of the 20th century. After their release on the second-hand locomotive market in the early 1980s, they became almost as common on shortlines as the ubiquitous General Electric 70-tonners were several decades earlier.

Dec 21, 2009 · Was wondering if anyone has built a CF7 in N scale? I think I’d like to, at least for my collection but most likely for operating (I"m growing quite fond of them) too. I have an Atlas GP9 with a mix of phase 2 and late phase 1 details as a starting point, but I can’t find dimensions or or anything of the cab.