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|caption = Back-to-back "Erie-built" cab units lead the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad|Milwaukee Road's]] ''[[Olympian Hiawatha]]'' passenger train through [[Butte, Montana]] in June, 1949. This early unit was equipped with rectangular windshield glass as it was one of the first fifteen produced |
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The unit's {{convert|2000|hp|abbr=on}}, ten-cylinder [[opposed piston engine]] [[Prime mover (locomotive)|prime mover]] provided ample power to its [[AAR wheel arrangement#A1A-A1A|A1A-A1A]] wheelset. F-M retained the services of renowned industrial designer [[Raymond Loewy]] to create a visually impressive carbody for the Erie-built. The initial windshield configuration utilized rectangular glass panes, whereas those units manufactured after March, 1947 received curved glass. Most units rode on conventional General Steel Castings [[bogey|trucks]], but many were fitted with specialized, fabricated, assemblies. Eight of nine KCS Erie-builts were later repowered with an [[EMD 567]] series diesel engine rated at 1750 horsepower. |
The unit's {{convert|2000|hp|abbr=on}}, ten-cylinder [[opposed piston engine]] [[Prime mover (locomotive)|prime mover]] provided ample power to its [[AAR wheel arrangement#A1A-A1A|A1A-A1A]] wheelset. F-M retained the services of renowned industrial designer [[Raymond Loewy]] to create a visually impressive carbody for the Erie-built. The initial windshield configuration utilized rectangular glass panes, whereas those units manufactured after March, 1947 received curved glass. Most units rode on conventional General Steel Castings [[bogey|trucks]], but many were fitted with specialized, fabricated, assemblies. Eight of nine KCS Erie-builts were later repowered with an [[EMD 567]] series diesel engine rated at 1750 horsepower. |
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| ⚫ | [[File:FM Erie-built AT&SF90.jpg|thumb|300px|The lone A-B-A set of Erie-builts ordered by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]], built in May of 1947, hauled a number of its [[List of named passenger trains|named]] [[train|passenger trains]], among them the ''[[Super Chief]]'' and ''[[San Diegan]]''.]] |
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82 cab-equipped lead [[A unit]]s and 29 cabless booster [[B unit]]s were built for [[United States|American]] railroads between December, 1945–April, 1949. Afterward, F-M continued to market dual service streamlined units under its [[FM Consolidated line|Consolidated line]] of locomotives, more commonly referred to as "C-liners". |
82 cab-equipped lead [[A unit]]s and 29 cabless booster [[B unit]]s were built for [[United States|American]] railroads between December, 1945–April, 1949. Afterward, F-M continued to market dual service streamlined units under its [[FM Consolidated line|Consolidated line]] of locomotives, more commonly referred to as "C-liners". |
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The Erie-built was the first streamlined, cab-equipped dual service diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks-Morse, introduced as direct competition to such models as the ALCO PA and EMD E-unit. As F-M lacked the space to manufacture the units in their own plant, the work was subcontracted out to General Electric, which produced the locomotives at its Erie, Pennsylvania facility, thereby giving rise to the name "Erie-built."
The unit's 2,000 hp (1,500 kW), ten-cylinder opposed piston engine prime mover provided ample power to its A1A-A1A wheelset. F-M retained the services of renowned industrial designer Raymond Loewy to create a visually impressive carbody for the Erie-built. The initial windshield configuration utilized rectangular glass panes, whereas those units manufactured after March, 1947 received curved glass. Most units rode on conventional General Steel Castings trucks, but many were fitted with specialized, fabricated, assemblies. Eight of nine KCS Erie-builts were later repowered with an EMD 567 series diesel engine rated at 1750 horsepower.
82 cab-equipped lead A units and 29 cabless booster B units were built for American railroads between December, 1945–April, 1949. Afterward, F-M continued to market dual service streamlined units under its Consolidated line of locomotives, more commonly referred to as "C-liners".
After their retirement, several Erie-built "B" unit hulks were sent to the Canadian Pacific for their incorporation in a quasi-portable CWR rail welding plant then located at Smiths Falls, Ontario. These units were painted in a reverse "Erie-Lackawannaish" CP Paint Scheme, as this was just before CP Adopted the CP Rail multi-mark paint. Around 1990, the CP CWR plant with the Erie-Built units was moved to CP Transcona near Winnipeg. When-to-be-scrapped, four Erie-built trucks were salvaged from the CP welding plant units and these trucks were sent to Oregon to be placed under two truckless ex-D&H/ATSF Alco-GE PAs returned from Mexico.
No intact Erie-built units are known to survive today.
Units produced
A units (cabs)
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 2 | 90, 90B | |
| Chicago and North Western Railway subsidiary Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway |
4 | 6001A, 6001B, 6002A, 6002B | |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | 14 | 5A–9A, 5C–9C, 21A, 21B, 22A, 22B | Renumbered 5A–14A, 11B–14B |
| Kansas City Southern Railway | 6 | 60A, 60C, 61A, 61C, 62A, 62C | 62A, 62C owned by subsidiary Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. All except 62C repowered by EMD. |
| New York Central Railroad | 12 | 4400–4405, 5000–5005 | |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | 36 | 9456A–9491A | |
| Union Pacific Railroad | 8 | 700–707 | Renumbered 650–657 in 1955 |
| Total | 82 |
B units (cabless boosters)
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 1 | 90A | |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | 6 | 5B–9B, 21C | 21C renumbered 10B |
| Kansas City Southern Railway | 3 | 60B, 61B, 62B | 62B owned by subsidiary Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. All repowered by EMD. |
| New York Central Railroad | 2 | 5100–5101 | |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | 12 | 9456B–9478B (even numbers only) | |
| Union Pacific Railroad | 5 | 700B, 702B–704B, 706B | Renumbered 650B, 652B–654B, 656B in 1955 |
| Total | 29 |
*Note: Union Pacific cab/booster/cab set 700 / 700B / 701 was originally Fairbanks-Morse demonstrator set 50-M-1A / 50-M-3B / 50-M-2A; became 981A / 983B / 982A in 1947, then 700 / 700B / 701 in 1948. Cab/booster sets 702 / 702B and 703 / 703B delivered as 984A / 986B and 985A / 987B.
References
- "Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 Diesel Engine". PSRM Diesel Locomotives. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
- Kirkland, John F. (1985). The Diesel Builders Volume 1: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton. Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374696.
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Dates and roadnumbers of EMD repowered Erie builts http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/REPOWEREDLOCOMOTIVES/
Further reading
- Sweetland, David R. (1999). Erie-builts and H20-44s: Fairbanks-Morse’s 2,000-Horsepower Pioneers. Withers Publishing, Halifax, PA. ISBN 1-881411-22-2.