The E7 proved to be the most popular E unit General Motors produced, though only by a small margin. GM made 510 E7s, 496 E8s, and 344 of all other Es combined.

This card is signed “Harry” meaning Harry Bockewitz.

Central of Georgia bought ten E units, numbered 801 through 810. Deliveries began in August 1946.

This card is signed Ben Dedek.

New York Central bought a total of 50 E units, 36 As and 14 Bs. The first, number 4000, was also delivered in August 1946.

This card is signed Ben Dedek.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas bought two E7s for its contribution to the joint Frisco-MKT Texas Special. They were delivered in March, 1947

This card is signed Harry Bockewitz.

To haul its share of the Texas Eagle, Missouri Pacific subsidiary Texas & Pacific bought ten E7s numbered 2000 through 2009. The first eight were delivered in March 1947; the last two in April 1949. Is it a coincidence that the E7s produced 2000 horsepower and Texas & Pacific numbered its E7s in the 2000s?

This card is signed Harry Bockewitz.

GM used the Bockewitz painting of the Texas & Pacific 2000 to make this monochrome postcard. This card is designed to be postally used. The blurb on the back focuses on the “48 ultra-modern cars” built for the Texas Eagles rather than on the locomotives.