Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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E [reverb]

For a large part of the world, the EMD E and F unit diesel locomotives are "the" definitive diesel locomotives. And whilst E and F don't stand for "Express" or "Freight", the A1A-A1A E units were the first dedicated passenger diesel locomotives, making them the first successful A1A we have taken a look at. So let's do just that!


SOURCES & CREDIT



Images of the OO gauge Kernow D600 courtesy of @old_vera

Photograph of a Florida East Coast E3 unit by Florida Memory - Florida East Coast Railway streamliner "Henry M. Flagler", Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33458823

Photograph of a Southern Pacific E7 by Southern Pacific Railroad; Card: Lyman Cox - eBay itemcard frontcard back, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17461122

Photograph of an Indian WDM-1 locomotive by National Rail Museum, New Delhi - nrmindia.com/, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89801248

Photograph of an NSB Di 3 locomotive by Jac Brun - https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150123_00018_NB_MIT_FNR_19870, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=143466076

Photograph of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad EA by Wide World Photos - eBayfrontback, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32687171

Photograph of Santa Fe E1A by Santa Fe Railway - eBay itemphotofrontpage, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28976488

Photograph of Union Pacific E2 by Union Pacific Railroad. - eBay itemad, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22952029

Print of a Milwaukee Road E7 on the "Haiwatha" by Audio-Visual designs, Earlton, NY/photo: Milwaukee Road - eBay itemcard frontcard back, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17983577



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Website sources


american-rails.com/6686.html

american-rails.com/covered-wagons.html

american-rails.com/ea12.html

american-rails.com/la5.html

trains-and-railroads.com/emd-e-units



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Outro music: Kevin MacLeod - Fiddles McGinty
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Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051

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