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{{Short description|Diesel switcher locomotive}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name=NRE 1GS7B
| powertype=[[Diesel-electric]]
| image=
| caption=An official rendering of NRE's 1GS7B switcher.
| gauge={{track gauge|ussg}}
| builder=[[National Railway Equipment Company|National Railway Equipment]] (NREC)
| builddate=September 2008 &ndash; Present
| buildmodel=1GS7B
| cylindercount= 6
| primemover=[[Cummins]] QSK19C
| enginetype=[[Straight-six engine]]
| aspiration=[[Turbocharger]]
| poweroutput= {{convert|700|hp|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
| totalproduction=7
| operator=[[NRE 1GS7B#Original Buyers|See list]]
}}

The '''NRE 1GS7B''' is a low-emissions [[diesel locomotive|diesel]] [[switcher]] [[locomotive]] built by [[National Railway Equipment Company|National Railway Equipment]]. It is powered by a single [[Cummins]] QSK19C [[Straight-six engine|I6]] engine which develops a total power output of {{convert|700|hp|lk=on|sigfig=3}}. There have been nine 1GS7B locomotives produced to date, manufactured at NREC's [[Mount Vernon, Illinois|Mount Vernon]] shops in [[Southern Illinois]], and at NREC's [[Dixmoor, Illinois|Dixmoor]] shops.<ref>[http://www.trainweb.org/gensets/nre.html Train Web: Gensets] Gen-set switchers by National Railway Equipment.</ref> It's also the only current single-engine switcher marketed in NRE's N-ViroMotive catalog.

==Original Buyers==
{|class="wikitable"
!Railroad !! Quantity !! Road numbers !! Notes
|-
|[[Alliance Grain Terminal]]<ref>[http://www.patersonglobalfoods.com/companies-agt.jsp Alliance Grain Terminal] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130131160535/http://www.patersonglobalfoods.com/companies-agt.jsp |date=2013-01-31 }}</ref> || {{center|1}} || {{center|2605}} ||
|-
|[[Bunge Limited|Bunge]] || {{center|4}} || {{center|8001-8004}} ||
|-
|[[National Railway Equipment Company|National Railway Equipment]] || {{center|1}} || {{center|700}} || {{center|Demonstration Unit}}
|-
|[[Northrop Grumman]] || {{center|1}} || {{center|507}} ||
|-
|[[Viterra]] || {{center|3}} || {{center|2010, 2020, 2030}} ||
|-
|Wisconsin Public Services || {{center|1}} || {{center|100}} ||
|-
!Total !! 7<ref>[http://www.trainweb.org/gensets/gs7b.html Train Web: Gensets] Roster information on NREC 1GS7B engines.</ref> !! !!
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of NRE locomotives]]
* [[List of GM-EMD locomotives]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nationalrailway.com/ National Railway Equipment] &ndash; Official NRE Website
* [http://www.nationalrailway.com/nviro.asp National Railway Equipment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901124930/http://www.nationalrailway.com/nviro.asp |date=2007-09-01 }} &ndash; Official N-ViroMotive Product Page
* [http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?mid=1201] &ndash; 1GS7B Photographs

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