Editing EMD FT (section)

{{Short description|American cab locomotive}}
{{more footnotes|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name=EMD FT
| powertype=Diesel-electric
| gauge={{track gauge|ussg}}
| image=ATSF 115 DL 1943.jpg
| caption= [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad]] diesel freight locomotive which has just come out of the roundhouse, [[Winslow, Arizona]].
| builder=[[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD)
| buildmodel=FTA (cab unit), FTB (regular booster), and FTSB (short booster)
| maxspeed={{convert|65-95|mph|kph|0|abbr=on}}
| poweroutput={{convert|1350|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}} for A unit. {{convert|2700|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}} for AB set
| aarwheels=B-B (B-B+B-B for AB set)
| builddate=March 1939 – November 1945
| totalproduction=555 [[A unit]]s, 541 [[B unit]]s
| locale=[[United States]]
}}
The '''EMD FT''' is a {{convert|1350|hp|adj=on}} [[diesel-electric locomotive]] that was produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]' [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Corporation]] (EMC), later known as GM [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD). The "F" stood for '''F'''ourteen Hundred (1400) horsepower (rounded from 1350) and the "T" for '''T'''win, as it came standard in a two-unit set. The design was developed from the [[EMC TA|TA]] model built for the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|C,RI&P]] in 1937, and was similar in cylinder count, axle count, length, and layout. All told 555 cab-equipped [[Cab unit|”A” units]] were built, along with 541 cabless booster or [[B unit|”B” units]], for a grand total of 1,096 units. The locomotives were all sold to customers in the [[United States]]. It was the first model in EMD's very successful [[EMD F-unit|F-unit]] series of [[cab unit]] freight diesels and was the locomotive that convinced many U.S. [[railroad]]s that the diesel-electric freight locomotive was the future. Many rail historians consider the FT one of the most important locomotive models of all time.