EMD FP9

EMD FP9
RLGN 1400 (originally CN 6539) in 2003
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
General Motors Diesel (GMD, Canada)
ModelFP9
Build dateFebruary 1954 – December 1959
Total produced86
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
TrucksBlomberg B
Wheel diameter40 in (1,016 mm)
Minimum curve23° (250.79 ft or 76.44 m radius)
Wheelbase43 ft (13.11 m)
Length55 ft 2+1⁄4 in (16.82 m)
Width10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Height15 ft (4.57 m)
Loco weight260,000 lb (120,000 kg)
Fuel capacity1,200 US gal (4,500 L; 1,000 imp gal)
Prime moverEMD 16-567C
RPM range800
Engine typeV16 Two-stroke diesel
AspirationRoots blower
Displacement9,072 cu in (148.66 L)
GeneratorEMD D-12
Traction motors(4) EMD D-37
Cylinders16
Cylinder size8+1⁄2 in × 10 in (216 mm × 254 mm)
Performance figures
Maximum speed65–105 mph (105–169 km/h)
Power output1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW)
Career
LocaleNorth 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 86 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]

Original owners

EMD built 86 FP9 locomotives. The two largest buyers were the Canadian National Railway and Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, which bought 43 and 25 locomotives, respectively. Four locomotives delivered to the Chicago and North Western Railway were rebuilt from traded-in EMD FT locomotives and designated FP9M.[2] Locomotives intended for use in Canada were built by General Motors Diesel, EMD's Canadian subsidiary. These included the Canadian National's order,[3] and eleven for the Canadian Pacific Railway.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 98. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
  2. ↑ Cook (2015a), p. 33.
  3. ↑ Wilson (2017), p. 171.
  4. ↑ Wilson (2017), p. 175.

Bibliography

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