EMD FL9 interior pictures

[Brendan Barry]

Interior pictures of Maine Eastern FL9 488 ex New Haven 2016 taken in Rockland ME at the Touch a Train event 4/12/14.



Fireman's view



Engineer's view and control stand.





Looking from engineer's side down into the engine room.



Engineer's side looking back. The big round object on the bottom left is the main generator.



Air compressor mounted ahead of the generator.



Main generator looking back on engineer's side.



Looking from the HEP compartment back towards the cab on the engineer's side.





Looking down the fireman's side of the engine room towards the rear of the locomotive.









The door in the back goes into the hep compartment.



Looking back to the front on the fireman's side.







Still on the fireman's side looking front. Rocker box covers ? and exhaust manifold.



Main generator looking front on fireman's side.



Fireman's side blower for the diesel and looking up at the air cleaners.





HEP genset fireman's side looking back.



HEP genset engineer's side looking front.



HEP alternator looking through back door of unit.

[James Patten]

I imagine it must be pretty loud in there under full load.

[Keith Taylor]

That isn't the control stand or air brakes that were on the locomotive when built.
It should be a 24RL brake.....not a 26L

And it should have a Hancock air whistle.....

And yes James....noise reduction was not of prime concern when the covered wagons were built.

Keith

[Bill Sample]

We have the former New Haven 2005 (oldest remaining FL9), 2049 and 2059 (the newest FL9 and final F unit built) at the Railroad Museum of New England.  Their current numbers are NH (Conn. Dept. of Transportation) 2002 and 2019; and Metro-North 2033.  Getting the former 2059 took 19 years of effort but we managed to keep it from various rebuild programs somehow, through friends within MN and MTA - it retains 24RL brakes and is probably the most original FL9 remaining. Eventually we hope to restore it to its as-built appearance. We are just completing an overhaul of NH (CDoT) 2019 to its 1985 NH - painted appearance and it will be participating in the "Streamliners at Spencer" event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum 29 May-1 June. 
The other day at the RMNE we talked of the remaining FL9s and came to the conclusion that about 23 remain out of the original 60 - not bad for 54 plus year old diesel locomotives.