What supports that the letter designation meant horsepower is that the Rock
Island ordered 1200 HP versions of the EA, which were designated model TA.
I believe the FT designation meant 1400 HP.
After the war, EMD started labeling their models with their intended use,
e.g. BL9 for Branch Line, GP 9 for General Purpose, and SD 9 for Special Duty.
sjl
Allan Warrior <awarrior@comcast.net> wrote:
If I recall correctly, the combined horsepower in the original
E-units
was eighteen hundred and were designated by that number.
Allan Warrior
ROBERT K SORENSEN wrote:
>
>
> Something that I have always wondered is the E and F letters. It seem
> that F units were usually used for freight service and the E units
> were ususally for passenger service. So what does the E stand for? And
> why not P instead of E?
> Bob
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