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{{Short description|Model of 1500 hp North American diesel cab locomotive}} {{more footnotes needed|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox locomotive | name = EMD FP7 | powertype = Diesel-electric | image = WP 805A with the California Zephyr on Altamont Pass, March 1970.jpg | caption = [[Western Pacific 805-A]], an EMD FP7, pulls the ''[[California Zephyr (1949β1970)|California Zephyr]]'' in March 1970 | builder = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD)<br />[[General Motors Diesel]] (GMD, Canada) | buildmodel = FP7 | builddate = June 1949 β December 1953 | totalproduction = 378 | aarwheels = B-B | uicclass = Bo'Bo' | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}} | trucks = [[Blomberg B]] | wheeldiameter = {{convert|40|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | minimumcurve = [[Degree of curvature|23Β°]] ({{convert|251|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=or}} radius) | wheelbase = {{convert|43|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|55|ft|2+1/4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|15|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|260000|lb|abbr=on}} | fuelcap = {{convert|1200|usgal|L impgal|abbr=on}} | primemover = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] [[EMD 567|16-567B]] | rpmrange = 800 | enginetype = [[Two-stroke engine|Two-stroke]] [[V16 engine|V16]] [[Diesel engine|diesel]] | aspiration = [[Roots-type supercharger]] | displacement = | generator = EMD D-12 | tractionmotors = (4) EMD D-27-B | headendpower = | cylindercount = 16 | cylindersize = {{convert|8+1/2|x|10|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | poweroutput = {{convert|1500|hp|kW}} | tractiveeffort = | locale = North America, [[Saudi Arabia]] | maxspeed = {{convert|100|-|119|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}} }} The '''EMD FP7''' is a {{convert|1500|hp}}, [[AAR wheel arrangement#B-B|B-B]] dual-service passenger and freight-hauling [[diesel locomotive]] produced between June 1949 and December 1953 by [[General Motors]]' [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Division]] and [[General Motors Diesel]]. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's [[La Grange, Illinois]] plant, excepting locomotives destined for Canada, in which case final assembly was at GMD's plant in [[London, Ontario]]. The FP7 was essentially EMD's [[EMD F7|F7A]] locomotive extended by four feet to give greater water capacity for the [[Steam generator (railroad)|steam generator]] for heating passenger trains.
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