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hvc		#1 Posted : 01 September 2019 13:16:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 411 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia		Hi all, Near where I live in Melbourne, these two grand old ladies can still be regularly seen in current service... some of the oldest locos still in commercial use in Australia... they were built in the late 1950s, and have been in service in Victoria (Australia) since then. These two still haul wheat trains on main lines across Victoria. You'd be forgiven for thinking that these are EMD F7s, but they are "S Class" locomotives, but they actually even have the EMD drive train. They were built in Australia. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org...ailways_S_class_(diesel) Are there remaining F7 copies elsewhere in the world? Herman
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mike c		#2 Posted : 01 September 2019 15:33:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 7,892 Location: Montreal, QC		GM EMD diesels were marketed around the world. Some looked like the standard look US F Locomotives, but others had differences. In Europe, locomotives with two cabs were manufactured under license by a number of manufacturers and used in Belgium, Denmark and other countries. These were the famous NOHABS. Licensed F7s were built in Canada and Mexico and used in those countries. A number of other models were derived from the F7 and are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_F7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_F-unit Regards Mike C

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Alsterstreek		#3 Posted : 01 September 2019 15:49:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 5,669 Location: Hybrid Home		Looks almost like a cross-breeding of an EMD F and an E class. Here is some global export info on EMD locos incl. F types: http://emdexport.railfan.net/country.html
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hvc		#4 Posted : 01 September 2019 15:51:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 411 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia		Oh - forgot to mention, we (crazily) have broad gauge in Victoria - 5'3" - so these are broad gauge F7s as well.
		- Herman

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Alsterstreek		#5 Posted : 01 September 2019 15:56:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 5,669 Location: Hybrid Home		Speaking of broad gauge: Talgo of Spain...
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Alsterstreek		#6 Posted : 01 September 2019 16:03:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 5,669 Location: Hybrid Home		And maybe an EMD FL9 qualifies as a F7 copy? Until 2015 they ran in regular passenger service on the Maine Eastern RR in the USA.
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mike c		#7 Posted : 03 September 2019 16:23:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 7,892 Location: Montreal, QC		The F7 in itself was derived from earlier GM models and inherited it's looks from those designs. The F/FP-9 was derived from the F7 and earlier locomotives too. Regards Mike C


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EMD_GP7		#8 Posted : 03 September 2019 16:51:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: U.K. Midlands		Quote: The F7 in itself was derived from earlier GM models and inherited it's looks from those designs. Hi all. Here is a model of the original F-unit from where all the others were "copied". This is the "FT" unit and was originally built as a 4-unit ABBA . Each AB unit was originally permanently connected and shared parts such as batteries so could not work alone. They were also connected by a drawbar rather than a coupler so could not be easily separated. Note the overhang at the rear of the B-unit which was for the train heating boiler. Model is by Stewart Hobbies with sound and DCC. Regards, Colin.


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