EMD F-units are a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division, 7,642 in all, with final assembly at La Grange, Illinois, and London, Ontario. They went to railroads across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and a few were exported to Saudi Arabia. The F in each model number originally meant fourteen, as in 1,400 horsepower, not freight. Nearly all were B-B locomotives on Blomberg B trucks with a sixteen-cylinder EMD 567 two-stroke engine, built as carbody units with the body as a load-bearing truss and the bulldog nose. Models run from the FT of 1939 through the F3, F7 and F9 to the longer FP7 and FP9 and the FL9. They were the most successful first-generation road diesels in North America and largely displaced steam in road freight service.
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produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division
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Final assembly for all F-units was at the GM-EMD plant at La Grange, Illinois, and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario.
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Final assembly for all F-units was at the GM-EMD plant at La Grange, Illinois, and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario.
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produced between November 1939 and November 1960
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EMD F-units are a line of diesel-electric locomotives
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with 7,642 units produced
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The prime mover in F-units was a sixteen-cylinder EMD 567 series mechanically aspirated two-stroke diesel engine
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produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division
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Final assembly for all F-units was at the GM-EMD plant at La Grange, Illinois, and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario.
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The F7 (1949) and F9 (1954) were evolutionary: the F7 had improved traction motors, the F9 had a 1,750 hp (1.30 MW) 567C engine.
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The F7 (1949) and F9 (1954) were evolutionary: the F7 had improved traction motors, the F9 had a 1,750 hp (1.30 MW) 567C engine.
has versions: EMD FT, Lead and body, series membership
The FT, introduced in 1939 with the new 1,350 hp (1.01 MW) 567 engine and Blomberg B trucks, was a successful design, and remained in production during WWII.
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All F2's were scrapped, making them the only EMD F-unit model with no extant examples.
EMD F3 (Wikipedia)
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The F3 was the third model in GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit diesel locomotives, and it was the second most produced of the series.
EMD FL9 (Wikipedia)
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The FL9s were the final members of the long-running EMD F-unit line, in production since 1945.
EMD FP7 (Wikipedia)
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The FP7 and its successor, the FP9, were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesel locomotives.
EMD FP9 (Wikipedia)
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The FP9 and its predecessor, the FP7, were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit diesel locomotives.
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