EMD FP9

what is it?

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.

who runs it

Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian National RailwaySRSaudi Railways OrganizationFNFerrocarriles Nacionales de MéxicoChicago and North Western Transportation Company

base stats

• speed 169 km/htop speed
• power 1.3 MWpower output
• weight 118 tin working order
• built 90made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1954–1959

number built

90

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel

operators

Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway, Saudi Railways Organization, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company

top speed

169 km/h

power

1.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B-B

length

16.8 m

weight

118 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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