This transition was very simple. The original EMC FT demonstrator #103 which was built as a pair of cab booster units linked by a drawbar were all built with the 16-567U deck engines. These four units were the only ones built with the cast U shaped deck between the cylinders. See page 58 of Eugene Kettering's "EMD 567 History and Development 1951 paper presented to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
https://utahrails.net/pdf/EMD_567_Histo ... t_1951.pdf
Kettering states that twelve of these 16-567U deck engines were built, but only four were used for railroad service. The four original engines in #103 were replaced with 16-567V engines before sale to the Southern Railway in May 1941.
Ed in Kentucky
https://utahrails.net/pdf/EMD_567_Histo ... t_1951.pdf
Kettering states that twelve of these 16-567U deck engines were built, but only four were used for railroad service. The four original engines in #103 were replaced with 16-567V engines before sale to the Southern Railway in May 1941.
Ed in Kentucky
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