I'm told this is the only operating SD7.

UP 459 with fuel tank removed awaits final disposition at Denver's Stockyards in the 1980s.

UP power in facility North Platte

A Union Pacific SD7 awaits repairs at North Yard in Salt Lake City on Feb. 22, 1977. It was built as the UP 780 by EMD in June 1953, later retired as UP 455 in March 1980, sold to Precision Nation... (more)

Colorado & Southern SD7 813 switches the yard in Wichita Falls, Texas, on March 3rd, 1973. Built by EMD in February 1953, C&S was at that time a subsidiary of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy. Wh... (more)

Rio Grande's first six axle EMD arrives in Provo with cars from Geneva Steel. Dec. 6, 1975

Rio Grande's Geneva Turn kicks up a little snow at Provo Junction on Dec. 14, 1975.

Rio Grande SD7s 5302 and 5301 switch a few cars in the small yard at Midvale. The twin smelter smokestack, icons of nearby Murray City, promote the Harman Cafe, first of many Kentucky Fried Chicke... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo Yard hosted two trains per day in the 1970s. The Provo Switcher, with SD7 5303, will haul traffic between Provo and Geneva Steel while the Tintic Local, with GP9 5923, will work... (more)

A Rio Grande SD7 idles away the evening spotted just outside the Provo yard office. Scanned from a Kodak Plus-X negative exposed through a 35mm Canon FT camera. Sept. 1975

GN SD7 558 and GN passenger GP9 have been freshly washed and await their next assignment at Superior, Wis. in the final summer of Great Northern's existence. Most of GN's SD7 and SD9 fleet spent t... (more)

SP 1518 on the coach train at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Photographed on Kodachrome more than 35 years ago, Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' departs Union Pacific's North Yard with a cut of cars for Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. D&RGW SD7 No. 5303 wa... (more)

Dakota Southern's shops in Chamberlain looks nothing more than an old junk yard. The track on the right is their main line which leads to the massive bridge (behind me) over the Missouri River and... (more)

As an eastbound freight enters the yard, an SD7 pulls another out of the yard to start breaking it up.