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  1. 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 …

  2. EMD "FT" Locomotives: Specs, Roster, History - American-Rails.com

    Feb 28, 2025 · 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 …

  3. 1939’s big breakthrough: The FT - Trains

    Aug 1, 2016 · By 1947 the now-Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was cranking out four to six diesel locomotives a day. It’s appropriate in this 75th anniversary year of that fateful tour …

  4. EMD FT - Locomotive Wiki

    The EMD FT was considered the first successful diesel-electric locomotive built. It was designed and built by the Electro-Motive Corporation (now Electro-Motive Diesel) as an alternative to …

  5. General Motors #103 "The Diesel That Did It" - National Museum …

    General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) locomotive #103 (FT 103) was a demonstrator with 1350 horsepower. First successful diesel electric locomotive. This locomotive proved the …

  6. EMD: FT - Reading Modeler

    Introduced in 1939, the EMD (Electro-Motive Division - General Motors) FT locomotive was "the diesel that did it," proving the viability of diesel power in road freight service and portending the …

  7. EMD FT-F5 Diesel Railroad Locomotives - NE Rails

    EMD FT #103, 1941, blt 1939: Southern FT #6100, nee EMD 1031, ex EMD 103, blt 1939 cn1030 ©1994 Corel Corp: SF FT #193 ©1994 Corel Corp: BM FT #4200, S. Portland, ME 1956, blt …

  8. EMC-EMD FT Masterclass - Rapido Trains Inc.

    EMD’s FTs were, essentially, a pair of diesels, similar to the later F3s through the F9s. The famous “bulldog nose” was first offered on the FT, later finding its way to later F-units (F3s …

  9. EMD FT - Trains

    Dec 20, 2007 · 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 …

  10. EMD FT Diesel-Electric Locomotive | Trains and Railroads

    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 …

  11. EMD "F" Units (Locomotives) : Specs, History, Photos - American-Rails.com

    Feb 20, 2025 · The FT (which stood for Freight, Twenty-seven hundred horsepower) was a superb locomotive and although its 2,700 horsepower came from an A-B setup of a cab (A) …

  12. Mike Hamer's B&M Railroad: Boston and Maine FT's

    The FT diesel made a significant contribution to the Boston and Maine in that it eradicated the need for electric helper service for steam locomotives through the lengthy Hoosic Tunnel. In …

  13. its builders, knew what the new creation could do. True, the 17-year-old Electro-Motive had been a pioneer in diesel propulsion for railroad use, having built a successful line of self-propelled …

  14. DRGW EMD FT Roster - RGMHS.ORG

    The EMD FT was a 1,350-horsepower diesel-electric locomotive produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. The "F" stood for 1400 …

  15. The Diesel That Did It: General Motors' FT Locomotive (Railroads Past ...

    Nov 22, 2022 · Wallace W. Abbey's The Diesel That Did It is the story of a revolution. He explores how EMC (and its successor Electro-Motive Division of General Motors) conceived the FT, …

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    • EMD FT - Tripod

      A late 1974 arrival to the AHM roster, the EMD FT-A unit had a short life in this HO-scale version. By the 1980 AHM Catalog, this early cab unit is no more. The AHM FT is reviewed in the …

    • EMD FT - Wikiwand

      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 …

    • ElectroMotive FT Freightservice DieselElectric Locomotive - ASME

      This lead unit of the four-unit EMD-103 demonstrator locomotive became the prototype of the first mass-produced diesel-electric locomotives used for freight service in the United States. They …

    • EMD FT explained

      The EMD FT is a 1350hp diesel-electric locomotive that was produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later known as GM …

    • About: EMD FT - DBpedia Association

      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 …

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