Half of the demonstrator set that started it all. Here the EMD 103 shines under the lights at the Streamliners event in Spencer.
The EMD FT #103
Built in 1939, this FT was not only the first of the original 555 "FTA" units but also the first in a series of thousands of newer generation "F" units built up until ... (more)
F-units: Several generations of F-unit are on display outside the roundhouse at Spencer. Historic F-unit demonstrator #103 is an example Electro-Motive's first F model, the FT. C&O 8016, o... (more)
On the first-ever "Rails At Night" event at the Museum of Transportation in suburban St. Louis, EMD FTA 103 stands proudly below a beautiful sunset.
On the first-ever "Rails At Night" event at the Museum of Transportation in suburban St. Louis, EMD FTA 103 and its B-unit stand proudly as the sun sets.
FTA demonstrator 103 is being ecorted into the North Carolina Transportation Museum complex by the museum`s ex Southern GP30 2601 prior to the Streamliners at Spencer event.
Built in 1939, this FT was not only the first of the original 555 "FTA" units but also the first in a series of thousands of newer generation "F" units built up until 19... (more)
As the Streamliners event comes to a close, the EMD demonstrator FT sits on the turntable as ACL 501 and B&O 722 look on.
Two of the original four FT demonstrators rest at DeButts yard shop after a refresher paint job by Norfolk Southern.
With 2014 being the 75th anniversary of the FT 103 demonstration tour, its last-minute appearance at Spencer was all the more special.
One of the streamliners at Spencer pose for the many photographers that attended.
The Diesel That Did It- In a scene that could have just as easily come from 1939 as 2014, General Motors FT-A #103-A sits under the water column at the Southern Railway's Spencer, NC steam shop. I... (more)
The photographer's shadow frames the builder plate from EMC 103A, #1 of a total of 555 built, taken at the EMD open house.
Its an EMD open house and 50th birthday party for the steam slayer...
The one that started it all , the EMD FT.
