EMD FT - Wikipedia
The EMD FT is a 1,350-horsepower (1,010 kW) diesel-electric locomotive that was produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later known as GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD).
Electro-Motive's 1939 demonstrator locomotive carried model designation FT, these initials standing for Freight, Twenty-seven hundred horsepower, under EMC's early model designation system. (The 2700 HP stemming from the total HP of an A …
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway - Wikipedia
Due to the lack of abundant water sources in the American desert, the Santa Fe Railway was among the first railroads to receive large numbers of streamlined diesel locomotives for use in freight service, in the form of the EMD FT. For the first group of FTs, delivered between December 1940 and March 1943 (#100–#119), the railroad selected a ...
Santa Fe Railway FT locomotives - old.atsfrr.org
Santa Fe FT Locomotives Updated 1-11-2011 The purpose of this series of pages is to not to cover materials already on the internet about the Santa Fe FT locomotives, but to provide some additional information for the modeler and historian.
The "FT": Vanquishing The Iron Horse - American-Rails.com
Dec 18, 2024 · Officially, the FT stood for Freight, Twenty-seven hundred horsepower (two units). The demonstrator set embarked on a cross-country tour in November, 1939 featuring A units #103 and #103A and B units #103(b) and #103A(b).
ATSF Diesel Locomotives - The Diesel Shop
Feb 8, 2017 · ATSF acquired 18 Amtrak "500" & "600" series SDP40Fs in 1984. San Bernadino shops rebuilt the ex-Amtrak passenger units into SDF40-2 freight power, in blue & yellow scheme. The four Santa Fe EMC SC switchers are missing from your Santa Fe roster. The serials are 601, 639-641. Built (2/81 to 10/83) from ATSF Alco RSD15s - See Note ?
EMC's FT Locomotive - UtahRails.net
Mar 5, 2001 · I've seen the 1,350-horsepower models termed FTs in EMD's famous little book that listed the active EMD locomotives of all railroads, including the Santa Fe. The model designation FT was used by Electro-Motive on locomotive specifications and in other documents as early as 1945 and perhaps earlier.
mundo: Santa Fe FT's - many roles, many schemes - Trainorders.com
By the FT's 1939 debut, earlier diesel types had already shown themselves up to the tasks of switching and pulling passenger trains, but now EMD had fielded a 4-unit, 5400 hp "locomotive" that could move freight over the road efficiently and relatively inexpensively.
EMD FT - Trains
The EMD FT was a 1,350 hp diesel-electric locomotive produced between November 1939 and November 1945 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (the "F" stood for "freight" and the "T" for 2700 horsepower with a 2 unit set). 555 cab-equipped A units were built, along with 541 cabless booster B units, for a total of 1,096 locomotive units ...
EMD F-unit - Trains and Railroads
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. Final assembly for all F-units was at the GM-EMD plant at La Grange, Illinois, and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario.