Western Pacific 805-A is a preserved EMD FP7 diesel-electric railroad locomotive built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. It was mainly used to pull passenger trains, specifically the C
Western Pacific 805-A parked in Sparks, Nevada in 2004
In service with the California Zephyr, 1970
The EMD F3 is a 1,500-horsepower B-B freight- and passenger-hauling carbody diesel locomotive produced between July 1945 and February 1949 by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division. Final assembly wa
Western Pacific 805-A
…equipped A units numbered 804-A, 804-C, 805-A and 805-C, and 2 B units numbered 804-B and 805-B. These locomotives supplemented WP's existing fleet of F3 models, which were the original power for the CZ train. This cab unit, which would be joined by two cabless B units in a typical CZ motive power set…
BN #9762, ex-NP #6502, leading the North Coast Hiawatha into Yakima, Washington in August 1971.
A Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway F3 (center) with Phase I body (three portholes)
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad F3 with Phase II body
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway locomotive with Phase III body