Alaska Railroad GP 7 Information data sheet
by Randy Thompson, 1/15/10
12 units | 10 rebuilts | |
Road no. | ARR re-no. |
Notes |
1821 | 1810 | black and yellow chop nose paint scheme |
1825 | 1802 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
1826 | 1803 | 1803 with dynamic brake blisters (chopped nose version) |
1827 | 1806 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
1828 | wrecked in Good Friday Earthquake, Seward, March 27, 1964 | |
1830 | wrecked and scrapped in 1972 | |
1831 | 1807 | wrecked in 1984 |
1834 | 1804 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
1836 | 1808 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
1837 | 1809 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
1838 | 1801 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
1839 | 1805 | Blue and yellow modern paint scheme |
Notes:
Built in 1951 by EMD for the US Army, with the above road numbers
Acquired by ARR in April 1960 from USA, same road no's until rebuilt
High nose GP7's from 1960 to 1965
Have AAR B trucks from salvaged RS-1's
ARR shops chopped noses in 1965
1801-1809 rebuilt in 1976 & 1977 by IC Paducah, Ky shops
1810 rebuilt by MK, Boise, Idaho, 1975
Robert Krol add on 1/19/11: "The 1810 has a rounded top on the cab while the rest have the regular angled cab top."
Jason Kuehn added on 1/23/11: "1802 was the only GP-7 to be equipped with a snow plow because this locomotive was commonly assigned to road service on the Whittier shuttle, whereas most of the GP-7's were assigned to switching service in Anchorage and Fairbanks or to work trains. 1804 was also equipped with a dynamic brake blister."