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Locomotive, Electric, EMD AEM-7

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NameLocomotive, Electric, EMD AEM-7
RegionNorth America
CategoryRail
TypeLocomotive
SubTypeElectric
VarietyEMD AEM-7
ManufacturerABB Group (Details)
EraNA Era V: Modern Diesel (1979 - Present)
Source of TextWikipedia
Text Credit URLLink
Year(s) of Production1978 - 1988



History: The AEM-7 is a twin-cab four-axle 7,000 hp (5.2 MW) B-B electric locomotive built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and ASEA between 1978 and 1988. The locomotive was a derivative of the Swedish SJ Rc4 designed for passenger service in the United States. The primary customer was Amtrak, which bought 54 for use on the Northeast Corridor and Keystone Corridor. Two commuter operators, MARC and SEPTA, also purchased locomotives, for a total of 65.

Amtrak ordered the AEM-7 after the failure of the GE E60 locomotive. The first locomotives entered service in 1980 and were an immediate success, ending a decade of uncertainty on the Northeast Corridor. In the late 1990s, Amtrak rebuilt 29 of its locomotives from DC to AC traction. The locomotives continued operating through the arrival of the final Siemens ACS-64 in June 2016. MARC retired its fleet in April 2017 in favor of Siemens Chargers, and SEPTA retired all seven of its AEM-7s in November 2018 in favor of ACS-64s.
Railroad/Company:
ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) (SIX: ABBN, NYSE: ABB, Nasdaq Stockholm: ABB) is a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment and automation technology areas. It is ranked 341st in the Fortune Global 500 list of 2018 and has been a global Fortune 500 company for 24 years.

ABB is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, Nasdaq Stockholm and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.

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Item created by: gdm on 2019-08-30 10:20:27. Last edited by gdm on 2019-08-30 12:47:44

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