Engines Of North America: The EMC FT
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- (reposted due to audio being too loud) the diesel that kicked off the end of the steam era. All information and pictures used have their sources linked directly below.
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Works Cited
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“CB&Q FT.” www.american-rails.com, American Rails, 1 July 1956, www.american-r.... Accessed 12 December 2021.
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The "T" stood for "twin", since each "Unit" was actually a A-B set, held together with a drawbar. Each chassis only had a single V-16 2-stroke diesel, not 2 engines. The "F" stood for "fourteen hundred", which was the hp rating of the V-16 motor. The confusion is due to the consideration of 2 chassis as a single unit, which was quickly dropped by the next F series model. Certainly by the end of the war, new F units were mostly being ordered with couplers, and were by then given distinct numbers of their own
Also, the first A-B-B-A set was considered 2 units (4 chassis total), not a single unit. On some early sets, they were numbered "xxx and xxxa" (ATSF did this at first). This was before the later common nomenclature of "A-unit" and "B-unit" was used, so what we call a B-unit often came with an "a" suffix on numbering. Other railroads used -a and -b suffixes in the common way used today,
By the end of the war, ATSF had a large fleet of FT's, and on future F series orders had them delivered with couplers. They even preferred F series to E series on passenger trains, and quite a large number of later F series locomotives came equipped with steam generators.
Thanks for the insight. While I’m proud of the video, I think I rushed it a little. I’ll try not to next time.
EMC had been cataloging units by horsepower. Examples the SW was Six hundred no Welded frame. NW was Nine hundred no Welded frame. TA was Twelve hundred hp A unit. E units started out at Eighteen hundred hp A unit(or B unit). This started to change about1940 with the 2000hp E3.
The W stood for Welded Frame, not 'no Welded.' EMD also produced SC switchers, where the C stood for Cast frames.
You know it’s interesting the FT was my first HO scale engine.
That’s cool
Terrific video! Thanks for putting these together & posting them, I'm really enjoying the series
Thank you. Any engines you’d like me to discuss?
@@ironhorsehistorian9871 I'd be excited to see videos on the SD9, SD40-2, and ALCO RS-3. Thank you!
@@jeffreyhunt1727 all good ideas and all in good time :)
The Santa Fe ordered their FT's with couplers between the A and B units. They also had to order some FT sets at the beginning of freight dieselization in A-B-B-B sets, because the unions insisted that all locomotive cabs had to be manned (it took a judge's ruling to end that silliness! ). I had a college roommate that somehow got ahold of the manual for ATSF #105, and it clearly showed that the set was delivered with one A unit and three B units
Some other railroads (I am not sure which ones) also ordered their FT's with couplers which gave them added flexibility in creating locomotive consists.
That’s cool
This series should properly be called Locomotives of North America. A locomotive is much more than an engine.
While I see your thinking, Engines of North America rolls off the tongue better. Like how Amtrak Guy 365 calls his series Engines of Amtrak.
After the early E units built from 1937 in several small series, all with two engines, the FT = Freight Twin is kind of a logical step when you consider freight needs more tractive force so more powered wheelsets. And instead of putting eight axles under a single two-engine locomotive they just built a twin locomotive with the two engines in two separate carbodies but controlled together.
Also it seems like there were regulations at the time that each locomotive needs to have its own crew, as was the practice in the age of steam. With diesel locomotives this is not necessary but until the rules were changed it meant to redefine what "one locomotive" is and declare the sets of two, three or four units to be one big articulated locomotive that cannot be uncoupled in service, only in the workshop.
I'm reminded of the BLS Ae 8/8. This Swiss railway had one of the first high powered four axle electric locomotives, the Ae 4/4, and didn't want six axle locomotives because of their track forces in curves. Instead they just coupled two Ae 4/4 together, removing a cab of each, and called the result Ae 8/8. They also trusted a fixed-cable double unit more than a connector that would be coupled and uncoupled all the time (maybe this also played a role in the FT).
Later on, however, railroads found it much more practical and flexible to combine consists of locomotives as needed and be able to replace a defective unit easily. I guess that's also a reason why they stopped ordering B units. Not much of a saving over a cab unit and too impractical, unable to move on its own.
If y’all were wondering I have a Q’N’A video up for my 100 subscriber special. Act soon!
Ahh 😌 that’s much better on the ears.
Each unit had one 16 cyl engine . The A+B combined units had 2 , depending who you listen to the Ft stood for freight or the F was for freight and the T for 1350 HP or the F was for 1400 hp rounded up from 1350 and the T for t unit sets . I believe it was FT for freight since EMD was already working on the 1500 hp version even before the Ft was finished and night have had it at the beginning if they could have figured out the generator issues hence the F2 which spanned the Ft and to the 1500 hp F3
FT 103 set were own by Southern Railroad
It's really interesting how this locomotive is made of 2 partially separate units. Could the front unit operate without the second?
I just finished reading the newly published "The Diesel That Did It" by Wallace W. Abbey that tells the story of the FT & the ATSF's part in it suceeding. In the book he thinks the T sttod for Thirteen because of the horsepower.
PS I highly recommend the book.
Cool! Do you know where I could find it?
@@ironhorsehistorian9871 When I found out about it last year I requested my local library to get a copy, which they did. If you want to buy a copy I would suggest checking on line at various book stores as well as Amazon.
Ok
theres one A unit down in mexico at the museum that also has the two alco PA's....
I did mention one that was preserved in Mexico
The National Museum of Transport is in unincorporated St. Louis County, not St. Louis.
great vid!
If you ever do a video regarding the Delaware, Lakawnna and western electrics let me know because I have photos of some that are derlict in georgia
Could you be a little more specific? What where they called?
I would like to say that FT stands for Freight Traction.
Regardless thanks for the input you to
FT = Freight-Thirteen Hundred Fifty HP. not Freight Twin.
The 'T' stood for 2700 horsepower