EMD F Unit Diesel Locomotives

Ba shakka ba ne daga cikin locomotives mafi mashahuri da kuma ganewa a kowane lokaci, ƙungiyar EMD F-sassan auren aure, da ƙwarewa, iko da aminci. Zuwan a lokacin da locomotives na motsa jiki sun mallaki rails da diesels an sake su don tallafa wa matsayi, F ta canza yanayin zirga-zirga a Arewacin Arewa har abada.

Farawa tare da farkon FT a 1939 da ci gaba ta hanyar FL9 na karshe a shekarar 1960, jerin jerin locomotives na F sun kasance suna kama da kamanni. Mafi mahimmanci ɓangare na duka shi ne "kare kare" hanci profile. An yi amfani da wannan gaban a baya kuma ya fi girma E - E7 , E8 da E9 . Yana da fuska wanda ya kasance sananne tare da magoya baya da kuma masu aikin kaya a yau kamar yadda yake a cikin shekarun 1940.

Cabless booster ko " B raka'a " suna samuwa ga yawancin matakan F. Dabbobi daban-daban sun haɗa su a hanyoyi daban-daban kamar yadda suke ginawa al'ada al'ada da aka tsara ga kowane jirgin.

Wannan sassauci a cikin iko, da mahimmanci don ɗaukar sufurin kaya ko fasinjojin fasinjoji, tare da haɗin aiki na injiniya ya ba da damar yin aiki na tashar jiragen kasa idan aka kwatanta da locomotives na tururuwa wadannan diesel zasu maye gurbin.

Duk da yake sababbin kayayyaki na locomotive, mafi yawan samfurin GD na GDR, ya fara maye gurbin F a cikin shekarun 1950, haɗarin locomotives sun ci gaba da tafiya cikin rassan cikin 1970s. Yau, yawancin suna kiyaye su a gidajen kayan gargajiya da kuma tashar jiragen yawon shakatawa tare da wasu 'yan magunguna na harkokinsu na yin amfani da jirgin.

Duk da yake dukansu suna kallon wannan a kallo na farko, kowannen F yana da wuri a tarihi. Kowane ɗayan bayanan locomotive masu zuwa sun haɗa da tarihin da ya fi dacewa, jerin jerin raguna waɗanda suka sayi injuna da jerin jerin samfurori waɗanda aka yi a cikin kowane manyan Sikeli. (Kuma ga wasu waccan jerin jerin dogon lokaci ne!)

• 01 na 06

  FT

  Aikin da aka fara da shi, FT ya fara sayen Electro Motive Corporation ta Janar Motors (lokacin da EMC ta zama EMD.) Abba na ABBA ya ziyarci Amurka kuma ya tabbatar da cewa ba kawai ƙananan diesels za su yi aiki na locomotive ba, za su iya yi aiki kusan kowane motsi na steam, a kan kowane jirgin kasa. Ya kasance fiye da farkon wani layin locomotive, shi ne farkon juyin juya halin.

• 02 na 06

  F3

  WWII na gaba, samarwa ya koma tsarin F3. F "F" ya samo asali ne ga "Kaya" amma tare da cigaba a cikin injin da ya kasance yana nufin "Sha huɗu" - kamar yadda yake a cikin doki 1400. Wannan batu ba don guda ɗaya ba, amma an haɗa nauyin AB, kowannensu yana da matakan diesel 700.

• 03 na 06

  F7

  F7 shine mafi kyawun sayar da samfurin F. Rikicin karuwa ya karu zuwa 1500 domin kowane nau'in locomotives. Daga Maine zuwa California, F7 shine fuskar sufurin jiragen ruwa da fasinjoji na zamani.

• 04 na 06

  F9

  A lokacin da aka fara aiki a F9 a shekara ta 1954, EMD ya riga ya gabatar da nasarar sa tare da GP7. Duk da haka, an ba da tsohuwar "wajan da aka rufe" wani ƙarin haɓakawa - zuwa 1750 horsepower / biyu - kuma an sayar da su zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa har yanzu a kasuwar don ikon sarrafawa tare da wani nau'i na launi.

• 05 na 06

  FP7 / FP9

  Hakan a cikin ƙwaƙwalwa zuwa F7 da F9, samfurin FP sun haɗa da janarewar motar fasinja don sabis na fasinja. Duk da yake waɗannan zaɓuɓɓuka ne akan sauran fannonin F, samfurin FP sun nuna siffar dan lokaci mai tsawo don saukar da tankin ruwa don mai ba da wutar lantarki ba tare da bada damar samar da man fetur ba. Duk FP model sun kasance A raka'a. Za a iya haɗa su tare da ƙwayar B na kowane samfurin duk da haka.

  Ko da yake kasuwa don aikin fasinja, FP locomotives sun kasance daidai iya sarrafa motocin sufurin.

• 06 na 06

  FL9

  Na karshe kuma mafi mahimmanci na F raka'a, FL9 shi ne al'ada dace da sabis na ƙwaƙwalwa na musamman a kuma daga Grand Central Terminal. Ba za a iya aiki a matsayin mai amfani na lantarki ba, ko kuma karbi wutar lantarki ta hanyar jirgin kasa na uku, masu amfani da locomotives zasu iya aiki lafiya kuma daga cikin rami mai tsawo zuwa New York.

  FL9 tana da mahimmanci guda biyar na zane-zane kuma sun fi tsayi fiye da hankula F. Sun nuna ƙarshen aikin F na shekara ta 1960 kuma sun kasance daga karshe a sabis na yau da kullum a Amurka, tabbatar da wurin su a tarihi da adanawa.