Эри Билт локомотивтерінің тарихы

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 FA and EMD FT. F M lacked the space and staff to design and manufacture large road locomotives in their own plant at Beloit, Wisconsin, and was concerned that waiting to develop the necessary infrastructure would cause them to miss out on the market opportunity for large road locomotives. Submarines gave the engines access to cool, sea level air, but on Western railroads like UP, the engines were operating under load at high altitude, high temperature, and low humidity, and often in the wake of waste heat from leading locomotives. and eight of KCS Erie builts were repowered with an EMD 567 series diesel engine rated at New York Central derated the OP engines in its six passenger Erie Builts to by 1957. F M ceased production of the Erie Built in 1949, due largely to the difficulty of building it at a profit. It was determined that even if production was moved to Beloit, the high cost of items like the GE 746 traction motor (which was more expensive than the GE 752 used by the Alco PA), the unique cast and fabricate trucks, a secondary electrical power system for radiator fans and traction motor blowers, and a secondary cooling system for the lube oil (a Navy requirement), made the Erie Builts too expensive to build.

Railroad Quantity Road numbers NotesAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway290, 90BChicago and North Western Railway subsidiaryChicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway46001A, 6001B, 6002A, 6002BChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad145A–9A, 5C–9C, 21A, 21B, 22A, 22B Renumbered 5A–14A, 11B–14BKansas City Southern Railway660A, 60C, 61A, 61C, 62A, 62C 62A, 62C owned by subsidiary Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. All except 62C repowered by EMD. New York Central Railroad124400–4405, 5000–50054400 series configured for passenger, 5000 series configured for freight.5001, 5002, 5003 repowered with EMD 567 engines in 1957. Pennsylvania Railroad369456A–9491AUnion Pacific Railroad8700–707 Renumbered 650–657 in 1955Total 82

Railroad Quantity Road numbers NotesAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway190AChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad65B–9B, 21C 21C renumbered 10BKansas City Southern Railway360B, 61B, 62B62B owned by subsidiary Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. All repowered by EMD. New York Central Railroad25100–5101Both configured for freight. 5101 repowered with EMD 567 in 1957. Pennsylvania Railroad129456B–9478B (even numbers only)Union Pacific Railroad5700B, 702B–704B, 706B Renumbered 650B, 652B–654B, 656B in 1955Total 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.