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Sunset Models / 3rd Rail EMD E7 Reference

EMD E7 Road Name / Paint Scheme Information by Run

EMD E7 A [Run #2] New York Central Early Scheme "4001"

Shown with closed pilot attached  

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EMD E7 Road Name / Paint Scheme Information by Run

E7 Run #1 (Made in China December 2011)

  1. Baltimore & Ohio
  2. Chicago Burlington & Quincy
  3. Great Northern
  4. Milwaukee Road 
  5. New York Central (Lightning Stripe)
  6. Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green)
  7. Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown)
  8. Southern Pacific (Daylight)
  9. Spokane, Portland & Seattle
  10. Union Pacific
  11. Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 Run #2 (Made in China September 2012)

  1. Boston & Maine
  2. Boston & Maine (Cen)
  3. Chicago Burlington & Quincy
  4. Chesapeake & Ohio
  5. Central of Georgia
  6. Gulf Mobile & Ohio
  7. Milwaukee Road
  8. New York Central (Lightning Stripe)
  9. New York Central (Early Lightning Stripe/Beauty Queen)
  10. Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green)
  11. Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 5 Stripe)
  12. Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 1 Stripe)
  13. Seaboard
  14. Southern
  15. Southern Pacific (Daylight)
  16. Texas Special Katy
  17. Texas Special Frisco
  18. Union Pacific
  19. Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 Run #3 (Made in China November 2019)

  1. Atlantic Coast Line
  2. Boston & Maine 
  3. Baltimore & Ohio
  4. Chicago Northwestern
  5. Chesapeake & Ohio
  6. Great Northern
  7. Louisville & Nashville
  8. Milwaukee Road
  9. New York Central (Lightning Stripe)
  10. Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green 5 Stripe)
  11. Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 5 Stripe)
  12. Rock Island
  13. Seaboard Air Line
  14. Seaboard Air Line (Citrus) 
  15. Southern (Black)
  16. Southern (Green)
  17. Southern Pacific (Daylight)
  18. Southern Pacific (Red)
  19. SP&S
  20. Unpainted/Unlettered
  21. Union Pacific 
  22. Wabash

EMD E7 Numbering by Road Name & Run

EMD E7 Numbering [Run #1]

Made in China December 2011

Baltimore & Ohio

E7 A

[Number #4] "76A"

Chicago Burlington & Quincy

E7 A

[Number #2] "9921-A"

[Number #4] "9922-B"

Chicago Burlington & Quincy

E7 B

These units were not numbered.  

Great Northern

E7 A

[Number #1] "503"

[Number #2] "504"

Milwaukee Road

E7 A

[Number #1] "18-A"

[Number #2] "18-B"

Milwaukee Road

E7 B

[Number #?] "18-C"

New York Central (Lightning Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #1] "4025"
[Number #2] "4026"

[Number #3] "4033"

[Number #4] "4034"

New York Central (Lightning Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #1] "4100"

[Number #3] "4110"

[Number #4] "4113"

Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green)

E7 A

[Number #1] "5844A"

[Number #2] "5851A"

[Number #4] "5852A"

Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5844B"

Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown)

E7 A

[Number #1] "5856A"

[Number #2] "5857A"

[Number #3] "5858A"

Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown)

E7 B

 [Number #1 or 2?] "5858B"


Southern Pacific (Daylight)

E7 A

[Number #1] "6000"

[Number #2] "6002"

[Number #3] "6004"

Southern Pacific (Daylight)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5900"

[Number #2] "5908"

Spokane, Portland & Seattle

E7 A

[Number #?] "750"

Union Pacific

E7 A

[Number #1] "999"

[Number #3] "986"

Union Pacific

E7 B

[Number #3] "994B"

Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"

EMD E7 Numbering [Run #2]

Made in China September 2012

Boston & Maine

E7 A

[Number #1] "3806"

[Number #2] "3812"

Boston & Maine (Cen)

E7 A

[Number #1] "706"

Chicago Burlington & Quincy

E7 A

[Number #2] "9921-A"

[Number #3] "9922-A"

[Number #5] "9924-B"

Chicago Burlington & Quincy

E7 B

These units were not numbered. 

Chesapeake & Ohio

E7 A

[Number #1] "1414"

[Number #2] "1425”


? "4523"

Central of Georgia

E7 A

[Number #3] "806"

[Number #?] "803"

Gulf Mobile & Ohio

E7 A

[Number #1] "102A"

[Number #2] "103"

[Number #3] "103A"

Milwaukee Road

E7 A

[Number #3] "20-A"

[Number #4] "20-B"


Photo: G. Smith Collection 

New York Central (Lightning Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #3] "4033"

[Number #4] "4034"


New York Central (Lightning Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #1] "4100"

[Number #4] "4113"


New York Central (Early Lightning Stripe/Beauty Queen)

E7 A

[Number #2] "4001"

[Number #3] "4007"


New York Central (Early Lightning Stripe/Beauty Queen)

E7 B

[Number #2] "4103"


Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green)

E7 A

[Number #1] "5844A"
[Number #2] "5851A"


Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5844B"

Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 5 Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

[Number #2] "5857A"

[Number #4] "5859A"


Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 5 Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5856B"

[Number #2] "5858B"


Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 1 Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 1 Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5842B"

Seabord

E7 A

[Number #?] "3029"

Seabord

E7 B

[Number #?] "3107"

Southern

E7 A

[Number #2] "2921"

Southern Pacific (Daylight)

E7 A

[Number #2] "6002"

[Number #3] "6004"

Southern Pacific (Daylight)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5900"

[Number #2] "5908"

Texas Special Katy

E7 A

[Number #1] "101-B"


Photo: G. Smith Collection

Texas Special Frisco

E7 A

[Number #2] "3000"


Photo: G. Smith Collection

Union Pacific

E7 A

[Number #3] "986"


? "988"

Union Pacific

E7 B

[Number #1] "998B"

Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"

EMD E7 Numbering [Run #3]

Made in China November 2019

Atlantic Coast Line

E7 A

[Number #1] "524"

[Number #2] "530"

Atlantic Coast Line

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"

Boston & Maine

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Baltimore & Ohio

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Chicago & North Western

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Chesapeake & Ohio

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Great Northern

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"


Photo: G. Smith Collection

Louisville & Nashville

E7 A

[Number #1] "458"

Milwaukee Road

E7 A

[Number #2] "20-A"

[Number #3] "18-B"

[Number #?] "18-A"

New York Central (Lightning Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #?] "4034"

[Number #?] "4028"


New York Central (Lightning Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"


Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green 5 Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"


Pennsylvania (Brunswick Green 5 Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"

Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 5 Stripe)

E7 A

[Number #3] "5858A"


Pennsylvania (Tuscan Brown 5 Stripe)

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"


Rock Island

E7 B

[Number #2] "640B"

Seabord

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Seabord (Citrus)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Southern (Black)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Southern (Green)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Southern Pacific (Daylight)

E7 A

[Number #1] "6000"

? "6004" [? 2 or 3]

Southern Pacific (Daylight)

E7 B

[Number #1] "5900"

[Number #2] "5908"

Southern Pacific (Red)

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Spokane Portland & Seattle

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Union Pacific

E7 A

[Number #2] "998"

Union Pacific

E7 B

[Number #?] "998B"

Wabash

E7 A

[Number #2] "1001"

Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 A

[Number #?] "?"

Unpainted/Unlettered

E7 B

[Number #?] "?"

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