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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …

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 …

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 …