Classic Trains Spring 2015

F Units, T to 9By Preston CookA chronology of dieseldom's most famous family, from the FT to the FL9, plus some units that were planned but never builtMarketing and Delivering the FTBy Preston CookEMD's support services and promotion efforts assured success for a quality productRe-engineering the FTBy Preston Cook"The Diesel That Did It" was also the diesel that EMD learned fromNew England's Only FTsBy Jim ShaughnessyMiracle machines in 1943, B&M's FTs were tired old horses by the late 1950sEarly Days at La GrangeBy Milo M. Schalla, as told to Robert SchallaAn EMD electrical engineer helps create the F3Inside an F UnitBy Illustration by Preston CookEMD built more than 1,100 F3As; here's what was under their steamlined skinIngles Color Classics: This Bulldog Gets No RespectBy J. David InglesEMD's dual-service FP7 — misidentified and misunderstood by many — often operated in virtual anonymityWhat's In a Photograph? 'Mountain Type' F3s on the UPBy Jerry A. PinkepankThe Butte Special at Butte, Mont., August 3, 1961Photo SectionF units in action, on 14 railroads in 10 states from New Jersey to CaliforniaPlaying with Fire: The Saga of the FL9By J. W. SwanbergEMD may have been the dominant  locomotive builder in the mid-1950s, but it had a tiger by the tail with the New Haven's dual-power cab unitNorth Western's Executive F7sBy Chris BurgerAs railroading changed, these revived 1950s haulers became roving C&NW ambassadors for a decade