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| A clean pair of FP9A locomotives lead Via number 73 away from the London station on March 11, 1988. |
The
FP9A was a late-1950s passenger locomotive designed and produced by
General Motors. Since there was no corresponding "FP9B," the "A"
component of the model designation may seem superfluous, so in some
quarters you will see it referred to simply as "FP9." EMD assembled 32
units (mostly for export), while GMD accounted for 54 copies. Of these
GMD units, 11 were built for CP, while 43 joined CN's roster.
Construction was spread out over the 1954-1958 time frame. Most of
these Canadian-built units were eventually transferred to Via Rail,
becoming the backbone of that carrier's early locomotive fleet.
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