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."