Details:
F-units were a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors and General Motors-Diesel Division. Final assembly for all F-units was done at the GM-EMD plant in La Grange, Illinois and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario, Canada. They were sold to railroads throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The first production F-unit, the iconic FT, has been dubbed "the diesel that did it" because as the first universally successful freight unit, the model was largely responsible for the beginning of replacing steam power with diesels.
F-units were originally designed for freight service. Additionally, many without steam heating equipment necessary to steam-heat passenger cars, pulled short-distance, mainly daytime passenger trains. Many carriers equipped their F-units with steam generators for long-haul passenger service including Santa Fe, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National among others. Almost all F-units were B-B locomotives, meaning that they ran on two Blomberg B two-axle trucks with all axles powered. The prime mover used in F-units was a sixteen-cylinder EMD 567 series two-stroke diesel engine progressing from model 16-567 through 16-567D as improvements were made.
Features:
- Separate wire grab irons
- Horizontal or vertical etched metal grilles per road name
- Road name specific details such as dynamic brakes, steam generators, winterization hatches, and more
- All new drive, new knuckle coupler mounting system directly to the die-cast chassis
- All new individual LED lighting including separate upper headlight, lower headlight, number boards, and rear end lights. Separate outputs for ditch lights also available.
- All new motherboard for DC, DCC non-sound with ESU LokPilot 5, and DCC with ESU LokSound 5.