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    EMD E-units were a line of passenger train streamliner diesel locomotives built by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and its predecessor...
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    EMD F-units are a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General...
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    above a gyrating Mars signal light. The E5 was the sixth model in the EMD E-unit series. The E5 was powered by twin 12-cylinder prime movers, developing...
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    cab-equipped A units were produced and 44 cabless booster B units, all for service in the United States. The E9 was the tenth and last model of EMD E-unit and differed...
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    ninth model in the line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units. Starting in September 1953, a total of 21 E8As were built which used...
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    line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units, and it became the best selling E model upon its introduction. In profile the front of...
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    similar design known as EMD E-units. Compared with passenger locomotives made later by EMD, the noses of the E3, E4, E5, and E6 cab units had pronounced slants...
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    Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD). Although originally promoted by EMD as a freight-hauling unit, the F7 was also used in...
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    EMD's F7A locomotive extended by four feet to give greater water capacity for the steam generator for heating passenger trains. While EMD's E-units were...
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    EMC EA/EB (redirect from EMD EA)
    long line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units. Each locomotive unit developed 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW) from two 900 hp (670 kW)...
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    EMC E3 (redirect from EMD E3A)
    similar design known as EMD E-units. Compared with passenger locomotives made later by EMD, the noses of the E3, E4, E5, and E6 cab units had pronounced slants...
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    between October 1949 and May 1954. The GP7 was the first EMD road locomotive to use a hood unit design instead of a car-body design. This proved to be more...
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    controlling unit attached, but most have some simple controls inside, and often a side window at that control station. For example, B unit versions of the EMD FT...
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    unit because they do not have ditch lights at both ends. EMD FP45 EMD SDP40F EMD F40C EMD F40PH EMD F40PHR EMD F40PH-2 EMD F40PH-2CAT (rebuild) EMD F40PH-2M...
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  • its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). EMC participated in the construction of a number of motorized...
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    EMC 1800 hp B-B (redirect from EMD 511)
    Route's Zephyr locomotives built by the Budd Company in 1936 and EMC's own EMD E-units introduced in 1937. The B-B locomotives worked as proof-of-concept demonstrators...
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    Division (EMD). The "F" stood for Fourteen Hundred (1400) horsepower (rounded from 1350) and the "T" for Twin, as it came standard in a two-unit set. The...
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    Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois plant. A total of 1,111 cab-equipped lead A units and 696 cabless booster B units were built. The F3 was...
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    General Pershing Zephyr (category Budd multiple units)
    last built as an integrated streamliner rather than a train hauled by an EMD E-unit diesel locomotive. It was constructed in 1939 with bodywork and passenger...
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    cab). EMC TA EMC EA/EB EMC E1 EMC E2 EMC E3 EMC E4 EMD E5 EMD E6 EMD E7 EMD E8 EMD E9 EMD FP7 EMD FP9 EMD FL9 EMC AA EMC AB6 ALCO DL-103b ALCO DL-105 ALCO...
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    General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD). It succeeded the F7 model in GM-EMD's F-unit sequence. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois...
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    significant improvements in horsepower per unit volume and horsepower per unit weight. Since its introduction, EMD has continually upgraded the 710G diesel...
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    cab-unit diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by GM-EMD and its licensees from 1939 to 1970. The term originated with EMD F-units, as well as later E-unit...
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    EMC E2 (redirect from EMD E2)
    cities. The units were of the A1A-A1A wheel arrangement, and manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) of La Grange...
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    were offshoots of GM-EMD's highly successful F-unit series of cab unit diesel locomotives. Trains portal VIA FP9ARM List of GM-EMD locomotives List of...
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    Electro-Motive Diesel (redirect from GM EMD)
    Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. Formerly...
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    EMC E4 (redirect from EMD E4)
    model in a long line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units. The 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) was achieved with two EMC model 567 V12 engines...
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    The EMD DDA40X is a 6,600 hp (4,943 kW) D-D locomotive, built by EMD from 1969 to 1971 exclusively for the Union Pacific Railroad. It is the most powerful...
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    aesthetically and mechanically. However, they were not as reliable as EMD E-units. ALCO's designation of P indicates that they were geared for higher speeds...
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    EMC E1 (redirect from EMD E1)
    passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units. All Winton 201A-engined Santa Fe passenger units, including the E1s, were extensively rebuilt...
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