F-M C-Liner A/B Units

Pennsylvania Railroad  Nos. 9448; 9448B

Put This C-Liner A/B Set To Work On Your Layout!

In 1945 the Fairbanks-Morse Corporation conceived a new line of streamlined box cab diesel locomotives.

These were named "Consolidation' or "C-Line", to reflect the builder's effort to consolidate a multiplicity of customer options into a single common standard A or B unit without altering the basic design.

Cab units with a B-B wheel arrangement were models CFAI6-4 and CFA20-4 for freight service and model CPA 16-4 for passenger service; this Proto 1000 model represents one of these locomotives.

Between 1950 and 1952, the F-M plant in Beloit, Wisconsin, built 36 CFAI6-4 units for the New York Central (S), Pennsylvania (16) Milwaukee (12) and 12 CFA20-4 units for the New York Central.

In 1952 and 1953, the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario, operating under license from F-M, completed 29 CFAI6-4 units for the Canadian National (23) and Canadian Pacific (6) as well as 10 CFAI6-4 units for the Canadian Pacific.

The CFAI6-4 "C-Liners" were powered by an S-cylinder, two-cycle, opposed-piston engine which generated 1,600 horsepower while the CFA20-4 models had a 10 cylinder engine generating 2,000 horsepower.

The trucks were symmetrically designed to enable the complete truck to be rotated ISO degrees under the locomotive to equalize wheel flange wear

C-Liners were often used in multiple-unit lashups. The last C-Liners in service were retired by the Canadian Pacific in 1975.

• Powered B Unit
• PROTO 2000 magnetic knuckle couplers
• Constant and directional lighting
• Dual machined brass flywheels
• Balanced 5-pole skew wound armatur
• 8 wheel drive
• 8 wheel electrical pickup
• RP25 contour blackened metal wheels
• Heavy die cast chassis
• Conforms to all applicable NMRA standards

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