Electro-Motive's FT demonstrator 103 heads up eastbound #4 at Nelson, Arizona on March 9, 1940 on one of its first demonstration runs. The FT's performance resulted in the Santa Fe placing the first production order for FT's with EMC.

As with the FT's, the F3, F7, and F9 freight units underwent modifications over the years that gave them distinct Santa Fe character. Grab irons were added above the cab windows and up the right side of the nose on A-units and many, but not all, had wrecking lugs on the nose and rear carbody and nose MU receptacles installed.

The EMD F9 is a 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW) Diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1953 and May 1960 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD). It succeeded the F7 model in GM-EMD's F-unit sequence. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois plant.

This web site is the result of the search for understanding of the vagaries of the renumberings of Santa Fe's fleet of F3, F7 and F9 covered wagons. I began consulting my sources for information that would lead to the unraveling of the mysteries about why some of the numbers had been assigned to as many as three different units that wore them ...

F9s were delivered with 48" Dynamic Brakes, vertical-slot stainless steel grilles, vertical louvers and rooftop oil cooler piping. The primary difference in appearance from the last of the F7s is …

Phase chart of EMD external F7 and F9 locomotove features, with corresponding deliveries of ATSF locomotives

Highliners' F-series body shell kits have components to build up any Santa Fe F3, F7 or F9 A or B unit variant. The modeler can detail and paint it for passenger or freight (as the kit has come either in plated or plain finish) as desired.

2024年12月18日 · The F9 was Electro-Motive's most powerful and advanced in the traditional F series, or those designs sporting the classic "bull dog" nose carbody. Unfortunately, a multitude of factors resulted in far fewer sales compared to the highly successful F3 and F7. When introduced in 1954, EMD had already cataloged its GP7 for nearly five years.

Rebuilt as CF7 2615 in July 1972.

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