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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 – December 1959
| totalproduction=86
| aarwheels=B-B
| gauge={{track gauge|ussg}}
| trucks = [[Blomberg B]]
| wheeldiameter = {{convert|40|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| minimumcurve = 23° ({{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>

== Original owners ==
EMD built 86 FP9 locomotives. The two largest buyers were the [[Canadian National Railway]] and [[Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México]], which bought 43 and 25 locomotives, respectively. Four locomotives delivered to the [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] were rebuilt from traded-in [[EMD FT]] locomotives and designated '''FP9M'''.{{sfnp|Cook|2015a|p=33}} Locomotives intended for use in Canada were built by [[General Motors Diesel]], EMD's Canadian subsidiary. These included the Canadian National's order,{{sfnp|Wilson|2017|p=171}} and eleven for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]].{{sfnp|Wilson|2017|p=175}}

== See also ==
{{portal|Trains}}
*[[VIA FP9ARM]]
*[[EMD F9]]
*[[EMD FL9]]
*[[List of GM-EMD locomotives]]
*[[List of GMD Locomotives]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===

{{refbegin}}
* {{cite magazine | last=Cook | first=Preston |title=F Units, T to 9 | magazine=Classic Trains | date=Spring 2015 | pages=20–35 | issn=1527-0718 | ref={{harvid|Cook|2015a}} }}
* {{Dorin-North Western|page=126}}
* {{Lamb-Evolution}}
* {{Marre-diesel-50}}
* {{Pinkepank diesel spotters guide 2}}
* {{Schafer-Vintage Diesel}}
* {{Solomon-American Diesel}}
* {{Solomon-EMD F-Unit}}
* {{Solomon-EMD Locomotives}}
* {{Solomon-Vintage Diesel}}
* {{Solomon-Electro-Motive}}
* {{Solomon-North American Locomotives}}
* {{Wilson-F Units}}
* {{Wilson-Guide}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|EMD FP9 locomotives}}
* [https://www.american-rails.com/fp9.html EMD/GMD "FP9" Locomotives: Specs, Roster, History]
* [https://www.thedieselshop.us/Data%20EMD%20FP9.HTML EMD FP9 Data Sheet]

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[[Category:B-B locomotives]]
[[Category:Electro-Motive Division locomotives|F09P]]
[[Category:General Motors Diesel locomotives|F09P]]
[[Category:Passenger locomotives]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1954]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of Canada]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Canada]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Mexico]]
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of Mexico]]
[[Category:Streamlined diesel locomotives]]