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{{Short description|American diesel locomotive}} {{more footnotes|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox locomotive | name=EMD FP9 | powertype=Diesel-electric | image=FP9Au RLGN 1400.jpg | caption=[[Mackenzie Northern Railway|RLGN]] 1400 (originally [[Canadian National Railway|CN]] 6539) in 2003 | builder=[[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD)<br>[[General Motors Diesel]] (GMD, Canada) | buildmodel=FP9 | builddate=February 1954 β December 1959 | totalproduction=86 | aarwheels=B-B | gauge={{track gauge|ussg}} | trucks = [[Blomberg B]] | wheeldiameter = {{convert|40|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | minimumcurve = 23Β° ({{convert|250.79|ft|m|2|abbr=on|disp=or}} radius) | wheelbase = {{convert|43|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|55|ft|2+1/4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|15|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|260000|lb|abbr=on}} | fuelcap = {{convert|1200|usgal|L impgal|abbr=on}} | primemover = [[EMD 567|EMD 16-567C]] | rpmrange = 800 | enginetype = [[V16 engine|V16]] [[Two-stroke diesel engine|Two-stroke diesel]] | aspiration = [[Roots-type supercharger]] | displacement = {{convert|9072|cuin|L|abbr=on}} | generator = EMD D-12 | tractionmotors = (4) EMD D-37 | headendpower = | cylindercount= 16 | cylindersize = {{convert|8+1/2|x|10|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | maxspeed={{convert|65-105|mph|kph|0|abbr=on}} | poweroutput={{convert|1750|hp|kW}} | tractiveeffort = | locale=[[North America]], [[Saudi Arabia]] }} The '''EMD FP9''' is an American {{convert|1750|hp}}, [[AAR wheel arrangement#B-B|B-B]] dual-service passenger and freight-hauling [[diesel locomotive]] that was produced between February 1954 and December 1959 by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Division]], and [[General Motors Diesel]]. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's [[La Grange, Illinois]] plant, except for Canadian orders, which were assembled by Canadian subsidiary GMD at [[London, Ontario]]. The FP9 was essentially EMD's [[EMD F9|F9]] locomotive extended by {{convert|4|ft}} to give greater [[Steam generator (railroad)|steam generator]] and water capacity for hauling passenger trains. A total of 86 cab-equipped lead [[A unit]]s were built; unlike the freight series, no cabless booster [[B unit]]s were sold. Regular F9B units were sometimes used with FP9 A units, since they, lacking cabs, had more room for water and steam generators. The FP9 and its predecessor, the [[EMD FP7|FP7]], were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful [[EMD F-unit|F-unit]] series of [[cab unit]] diesel locomotives.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Gerald L. |title=A field guide to trains of North America |date=1996 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston |isbn=0-395-70112-0 |page=98}}</ref>
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