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EMD FP9
RLGN 1400 (originally CN 6539) in 2003
Type and origin
Power type
Diesel-electric
Builder
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD, Canada)
Model
FP9
Build date
February 1954 – December 1959
Total produced
90
Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR
B-B
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Trucks
Blomberg B
Wheel diameter
40 in (1,016 mm)
Minimum curve
23° (250.79 ft or 76.44 m radius)
Wheelbase
43 ft (13.11 m)
Length
55 ft 2+1⁄4 in (16.82 m)
Width
10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Height
15 ft (4.57 m)
Loco weight
260,000 lb (120,000 kg)
Fuel capacity
1,200 US gal (4,500 L; 1,000 imp gal)
Prime mover
EMD 16-567C
RPM range
800
Engine type
V16 Two-stroke diesel
Aspiration
Roots-type supercharger
Displacement
9,072 cu in (148.66 L)
Generator
EMD D-12
Traction motors
(4) EMD D-37
Cylinders
16
Cylinder size
8+1⁄2 in × 10 in (216 mm × 254 mm)
Performance figures
Maximum speed
65–105 mph (105–169 km/h)
Power output
1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW)
Career
Locale
North America, Saudi Arabia
The EMD FP9 is an American 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW), B-B dual-service passenger and freight-hauling diesel locomotive that was produced between February 1954 and December 1959 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, and General Motors Diesel. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois plant, except for Canadian orders, which were assembled by Canadian subsidiary GMD at London, Ontario. The FP9 was essentially EMD's F9 locomotive extended by 4 feet (1.2 m) to give greater steam generator and water capacity for hauling passenger trains. A total of 90 cab-equipped lead A units were built; unlike the freight series, no cabless booster B units were sold. Regular F9B units were sometimes used with FP9 A units, since they, lacking cabs, had more room for water and steam generators. The FP9 and its predecessor, the FP7, were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit diesel locomotives.[1]
^Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 98. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
The EMDFP9 is an American 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW), B-B dual-service passenger and freight-hauling diesel locomotive that was produced between February...
its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). EMC participated in the construction of a number of motorized...
750 hp (1.30 MW) from the F7's 1,500 hp (1.12 MW). Trains portal EMDFP9EMD FL9 List of GM-EMD locomotives List of GMD Locomotives Pinkpank, Jerry A (1973)...
water and steam generators. The FP7 and its successor, the FP9, were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesel...
passenger cars built between 1916 and 1931, and is powered by restored EMDFP9 first-generation diesel-electric locomotives (2 A units and 1 B unit)....
between diesel and electric power on the fly. EMD's answer was a new locomotive based on their existing FP9, but lengthened to accommodate additional equipment...
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designation, the FP10s locomotives were not the linear successors of the FP9. The rebuilding by ICG saw all of the units gain full-length stainless steel...
to be loud". Tyne also shares a friendly rivalry with her peer, Fletch. EMDFP9 Carina Reeves Jessica McDonald Fletch A member of the Chuggineers who is...
The EMD 567 is a line of large medium-speed diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. This engine, which succeeded Winton's 201A...
record. February – General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMDFP9. March 30 – Yonge subway, the first segment of the Toronto subway and the...
Day Weekend to October 31. In 2002 the BSVY acquired and restored an GMD FP9, originally a Via Rail Canada passenger locomotive. Painted in Chicago and...
new cab from a Kansas City Southern F7 locomotive 4062. It was the last FP9 in service on Via Rail before it was retired in September 2011, and it was...
"Canadian Trackside Guide 2017". Canadian Trackside Guide: 3–42. ISSN 0829-3023. "F units to Texas State Railroad – HeritageRail Alliance". Stamps with FP9...
National Railway Historical Society British Columbia chapter in 2019 adding a FP9 to the locomotive roster and a collection of passenger cars to the roster...
the branch lines, CN purchased the EMD G8 (road numbers 800–805). For passenger service the CNR acquired GMD FP9 diesels, as well as CLC CPA16-5, ALCO...
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