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500, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1953, #18237, FN 5270-1, as Chicago & North Western 1625. It was rebuilt at Oelwein on August 10, 1981, as 4283 and sold to Econo-Rail as GWRX 4283 in October 1994. It was sold to SP Construction Services as SPCX 500 and sold as New Orleans & Gulf Coast 500. It was sold to National Railway Equipment as NREX 500 in February 2013.
501, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1951, #14670, FN 6297-4, as Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha 154. It later became C&NW 154 and was rebuilt at Oelwein on October 5, 1979, as 4474. It was retired in 1992 and sold to Kramer Diesel Supply. It was sold to Econo-Rail as 4473 and was resold as SPCX 501.
502, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1951, #12934, FN 5069-10, as St Louis-San Francisco 572. It was sold to Precision National and operated as PNC 572. It was sold in March 1980 as C&NW 4460 on April 24, 1980. It was retired in May 1994 and sold to OmniTrax in October 1994. It became Great Western 4460 and sold as SP Construction Services 502. It was sold as Michels Corp 502 in March 2003.
504, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1951, #13315, FN 5074-10, as SL-SF 582. It was sold to Precision as 582 and then sold to C&NW as 4465 on April 7, 1980. It then sold on October 1994 to OmniTrax and sold to SPCX as 504.
506, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1951, #14244, FN 5091-7, as SL-SF 598. It was sold to Precision National and operated as PNC 598. It was sold in March 1980 as C&NW and became 4453 on May 13, 1980. It was retired in May 1994 and sold to OmniTrax in October 1994 as GWRX 4453. It was sold as SPCX 506 and sold as Wichita Tillman & Jackson 506. It was was sold to Rail Switching Service as RSSX 506 in June 2012.
700, GP9u, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1955, #20286, FN 5383-5, as Illinois Central 9107 and was rebuilt at Paducah as Illinois Central Gulf 8107 in December 1969. It later became MidSouth Rail 8107 and was later renumbered 1028. It was sold to SPCX as 700 and later sold to Ohio Central as 700.
702, GP9u, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1955, #20766, FN 5409-11, as IC 9128. It was rebuilt at Paducah in July 1972 as ICG 8128. It was sold to MSR in April 1986 and later renumbered 1033. It was sold to SPCX as 702 and later sold to OC as 702. It was sold to Motive Rail Inc as MRIX 702.
705, GP9u, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1956, #20150, FN 5378-4, as IC 9071. It was rebuilt at Paducah in April 1971 as ICG 8071 and sold as MSR 8071. It was renumbered 1044 and sold as SPCX 705. It was sold as OC 705 and assigned as Pacific Wilderness RR 705 in 2000 and 2001. It was returned as OC 705 and resold to Conrad Yelvington Distributors as CYXX 2114 in 2008.
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