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- EMD_FT abstract "The EMD FT was a 1,350-horsepower (1,010 kW) diesel-electric locomotive produced between November 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (the "F" stood for 1400 horsepower (rounded from 1350) and the "T" for twin, as it came standard in a two-unit set). All told 555 cab-equipped A units were built, along with 541 cabless booster B units, for a grand total of 1,096 units. The locomotives were all sold to customers in the United States. It was the first model in EMD's very successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesels, and was the locomotive that convinced many U.S. railroads that the diesel-electric freight locomotive was the future. Many rail historians consider the FT one of the most important locomotive models of all time.See EMD 567 for specific information on the history of the 567 medium-speed two-stroke cycle Diesel engine, as employed in the FT and its many successors. In 1951, E. W. Kettering wrote a paper for the ASME entitled, History and Development of the 567 Series General Motors Locomotive Engine, which goes into great detail about the technical obstacles that were encountered during the development of the 567 engine (these same considerations apply to its successors, the 645 and 710).FTs were generally marketed as semi-permanently coupled A-B sets (a lead unit and a cabless booster connected by a solid drawbar) making a single locomotive of 2,700 hp (2,000 kW). Many railroads used pairs of these sets back to back to make up a four-unit A-B-B-A locomotive rated at 5,400 hp (4,000 kW). Some railroads purchased semi-permanently coupled A-B-A three-unit sets of 4,050 hp (3,020 kW), while a few, like the Santa Fe, ordered all their FTs with regular couplers on both ends of each unit for added flexibility. All units in a consist could be run from one cab; multiple unit (MU) control systems linked the units together. "Hostler" controls were an option for B units, enabling these units to be operated independently of A units for moving within yard limits.".
- EMD_FT activeYearsEndYear "1945".
- EMD_FT activeYearsStartYear "1939".
- EMD_FT builder Electro-Motive_Diesel.
- EMD_FT numberBuilt "555".
- EMD_FT thumbnail ATSF_115_DL_1943.jpg?width=300.
- EMD_FT wikiPageExternalLink emc-ft.php.
- EMD_FT wikiPageExternalLink ft.htm.
- EMD_FT wikiPageID "1330590".
- EMD_FT wikiPageLength "16120".
- EMD_FT wikiPageOutDegree "83".
- EMD_FT wikiPageRevisionID "675701109".
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink ALCO_DL-109.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink A_unit.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink B_unit.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Blomberg_B.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Bogie.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Bore_(engine).
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Boston_and_Maine_Corporation.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Boston_and_Maine_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Cab_unit.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Category:B-B_locomotives.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Category:Diesel_locomotives_of_the_United_States.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Category:Electro-Motive_Diesel_locomotives.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Category:Locomotives_with_cabless_variants.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Category:Railway_locomotives_introduced_in_1939.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Category:Standard_gauge_railway_locomotives.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Chicago_and_North_Western_Transportation_Company.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Conway,_South_Carolina.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Diesel-electric_locomotive.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Diesel_locomotive.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Duluth,_Georgia.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Dynamic_brake.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Dynamic_braking.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink EMD_567.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink EMD_645.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink EMD_710.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink EMD_F-unit.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink EMD_F2.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink EMD_F59PH.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Electro-Motive_Diesel.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Electro-Motive_Division.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Engine_displacement.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Erie_Lackawanna.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Erie_Lackawanna_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Erie_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink F59PHI.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Ferrocarril_Sonora–Baja_California.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink General_Motors.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink General_Motors_Corporation.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.).
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Hostler_(rail).
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Landing_Ship,_Tank.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Lehigh_Valley_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink List_of_GM-EMD_locomotives.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Minneapolis_and_St._Louis_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Missouri_Pacific_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Multiple-unit_train_control.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Museum_of_Transportation.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Naturally_aspirated_engine.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink New_York,_Ontario_and_Western_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Central_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Northern_Pacific_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Rail_transport.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Railroad_engineer.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Railway_coupling.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Reading_Company.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Revolutions_per_minute.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Seaboard_Air_Line_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Railway_(U.S.).
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink St._Louis.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink St._Louis,_Missouri.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Stroke_(engine).
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Two-stroke_engine.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Virginia_Museum_of_Transportation.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink War_Production_Board.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink Western_Pacific_Railroad.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink File:ATSF_DL_in_Kansas.jpg.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLink File:GM_103_at_Railfair.jpg.
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLinkText "EMD FT freight diesels".
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLinkText "EMD FT".
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLinkText "EMD's FTs".
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLinkText "Electro-Motive FT Freight-service Diesel-Electric Locomotive".
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLinkText "FT".
- EMD_FT wikiPageWikiLinkText "FT-B".