Seen in Metro North Commuter Railroad colours with 2010 immediately behind it at Cooperstown junction NY on 11th October 2010 is EMD FL9 No. 2028. Built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Electric for the New York, Newhaven and Hartford Railroad between 1956 an 1960 these are 1750/1800 hp Electro Diesels designed to run principally on diesel power but use the third rail 660v DC power through the Park Avenue tunnel into New York Central station where smoke regulations were in force even then.
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