The EMD FL9 is a model of electro-diesel locomotive, capable of operating either as a traditional diesel-electric locomotive or as an electric locomotive powered from a third rail. Sixty units were bu
New Haven FL9 No. 2010 in Enfield, Connecticut in 1968
A 1960 advertisement for Cape Codder trains featuring the new FL9 locomotives
Two FL9s with the Puritan at Providence Union Station in July 1968
An FL9 with a train at South Norwalk in 1968. Two FL9s lead another train in the opposite direction
EMD F-units are a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division with 7,642 units pro
EMD FL9
…drawing power from a third rail. The resulting design was named the FL9 ("L" indicating "long"). The FL9s were the final members of the long-running EMD F-unit line, in production since 1945. Due to the additional weight and existing weight restrictions on the Park Avenue Viaduct, the locomotive was equipped with…
AT&SF No. 21, an EMD F3, leading the San Francisco Chief in Illinois in 1967
Amtrak No. 113, an EMD FP7, leading two EMD SDP40Fs with the San Francisco Zephyr at the Yuba Gap in 1975
Santa Fe FT locomotive 1941