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]
Original buyers
Locomotives built by EMD at La Grange, Illinois
| Railroad | Quantity FP9 | Quantity F9B (where ordered with FP9) |
Road numbers FP9 | Road numbers F9B | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago & North Western Railway | 4 | 4 | 4051A–4054A | 4051B–4054B | Built from trade-in FTs and rated at 1500 hp. "Diesel Spotters' Guide" counts these as FP7 |
| Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México | 25 | – | 7010–7034 | – | |
| Saudi Government Railways | 7 | — | 1502–1508 | — | |
| Totals | 36 | 4 |
Locomotives built by GMD at London, Ontario
| Railroad | Quantity FP9 | Quantity F9B (where ordered with FP9) |
Road numbers FP9 | Road numbers F9B | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian National Railways | 43 | 38 | 6500–6542 | 6600–6637 | Model FP9ARM, 15 units were rebuilt in the 1980s with EMD 645C power up to 1800 HP. |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | 11 | 8 | 1405–1415 | 1900–1907 | |
| Totals | 54 | 46 |
See also
References
Bibliography
- Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 0-87564-715-4.
- Lamb, J. Parker (2007). Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive. Railroads Past and Present. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34863-0.
- Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972. Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-258-2.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
- Schafer, Mike (1998). Vintage Diesel Locomotives. Enthusiast Color Series. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7603-0507-2.
- Solomon, Brian (2000). The American Diesel Locomotive. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-0666-6.
- Solomon, Brian (2005). EMD F-Unit Locomotives. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-192-5.
- Solomon, Brian (2006). EMD Locomotives. St. Paul, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-2396-0.
- Solomon, Brian (2010). Vintage Diesel Power. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7603-3795-0.
- Solomon, Brian (2011). Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units: The Illustrated History of North America's Favorite Locomotives. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4007-3.
- Solomon, Brian (2012). North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4370-8.
- Wilson, Jeff (1999). F Units: The Diesels That Did It. Golden Years of Railroading. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-374-9.
External links
- Trainweb.com (2004) EMD F9A, F9B, FP9, FL9 Order Numbers, retrieved on January 4, 2004.
- EMD FP9 Data Sheet