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A builder's photo of F-M model CPA-24-5 demonstrator units #4802 (foreground) and #4801. The B-A1A configured units were eventually purchased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and assigned road #0790 & #0791. |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | Fairbanks Morse (USA),
Canadian Locomotive Company |
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| Build date | September 1950-February 1952 (CFA/B-16-4) March–July 1950 (CFA/B-20-4) June–August 1950 (CPA-20-5) April 1951-March 1952 (CPA-24-5) May 1951-May 1954 (CPA/B-16-4) December 1954-February 1955 (CPA/B-16-5) |
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| Total produced | 99 (USA), 66 (Canada) |
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| Performance figures |
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| Power output | 1,600 hp (1.19 MW), 2,000 hp (1.49 MW), or 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) |
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| Career |
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| Disposition | Two A unit built by The Canadian Locomotive Company are preserved, remainder scrapped. |
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The Consolidation Line was a series of diesel-electric railway locomotive designs produced by Fairbanks-Morse and its Canadian licensee, the Canadian Locomotive Company. Railfans have dubbed these locomotives C-liners, however F-M referred to the models collectively as the C-Line. A combined total of 165 units (123 cab-equipped lead A units and 42 cabless booster B units) were produced by F-M and the CLC between 1950 and 1955.
