AZL 64606-2 Southern EMD E7A #2917

AZL 64606-2 Southern EMD E7A #2917

The EMD E7s feature prototypical details, a 7mm motor, directional controlled LED, blackened metal wheels, optional replacement truck with truck mounted coupler, draw bar (A units only) and come DCC ready.

The E7 was a 2,000-horsepower passenger train locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. 428 cab versions, or E7As, were built from February 1945 to April 1949. The 2,000 hp came from two 12 cylinder model 567A engines. Each engine drove its own electrical generator to power the two traction motors on one truck. The E7 was the eighth model in a line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units, and it became the best selling E model upon its introduction.

In profile the front of the nose of an E7A was less slanted than on earlier EMD passenger locomotives, and the E7, E8, and E9 units have been nicknamed “bulldog nose” units. These units are often regarded as the best selling passenger diesel locomotive ever.

Here’s a quick little video Rob at AZL Distribution put together for this new release.