EMC E2

The EMC E2 was an American passenger-train diesel locomotive which as a single unit developed 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW), from two (2) 900 
horsepower (670 kW) prime movers. These locomotives were usually a unit set, where the three units combined would develop 5,400 horsepower. This was about the ideal horsepower (6,000 horsepower) to carry a 15 - 18 car passenger train, operated over the ruling grades of virtually all of the mileage between major American cities. The units used the A1A-A1A wheel arrangement and manufactured by EMC (Electro-Motive Corporation) which later became EMD (Electro-Motive Diesel) at La Grange, Illinois.
Two unit sets, each of three units, were produced in 1937 as named passenger trains. the first set (SF-1, SF-2, and SF-3) for the City of San Francisco. These motive-power sets were jointly owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Railway, and the Southern Pacific Railroad. The second A-B-B set (LA-1, LA-2, and LA-3) was used for the City of Los Angeles; and, was jointly owned and operated by the UP and CNW only. The first locomotive power unit was the control cab, or, the A unit, while the other two power units were cabless boosters, or B units. The control cab and booster units were designed for multiple unit operation (the first in diesel motive power).
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