ATSF CF7 rebuilt from F3A, F7A, and F9A power: master power roster with specifications and references

The ATSF CF7 is a type of four-axle 1,750 hp rebuilt diesel locomotive rebuilt by the Santa Fe (Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe) Railroad from 1970 to 1978 from various F series cab locomotives...

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.

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.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Photographic Roster, Locomotive Model: CF7

Here I am in sister cf7 2460 at Peabody, Ks. about to get off the Rock Island siding and onto the ATSF to head to Newton, Ks. I was still in the training program at the time and a friend of mine shot the picture for me.

2017年2月8日 · ATSF acquired 18 Amtrak "500" & "600" series SDP40Fs in 1984. San Bernadino shops rebuilt the ex-Amtrak passenger units into SDF40-2 freight power, in blue & yellow scheme. The four Santa Fe EMC SC switchers are missing from your Santa Fe roster. The serials are 601, 639-641. Built (2/81 to 10/83) from ATSF Alco RSD15s - See Note ?

cf7 renumber 2432:2 2434:2 2436:2 2441 2459 2460 2471 2474 2479 2480 2482 2485 2504 2515 2519 2520

James Czarnecki's website devoted to the CF7 locomotive of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.

On the 325 class page, we find that the unit was repainted with a new yellow bonnet livery, then retired to the CF7 rebuild program to emerge from Cleburne in December of 1976 as CF7 number 2473. On the CF7 pages, we find that 2473 was one of the last to be rebuilt with a rounded cab.