Talk:EMC E3

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First units[edit]

The first EMC E3A was demonstrator #822 completed on September 12, 1938. See A. J. Kristopans EMD Serial Number Home Page http://community-1.webtv.net/ajkristopans/PASSENGERUNITS/. Regular production started in March 1939 as noted in the article and in the Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. The demonstrator was sold to KCS as their #1 on 7/31/39. See Diesel Era Nov-Dec 1999 for more E3 data. --SSW9389 14:57, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

ACL E3A #501 built 11/19/39, was wrecked before delivery to ACL, returned to EMC and rebuilt as an E6A. Diesel Era Nov-Dec 1999. --SSW9389 15:00, 24 October 2005 (UTC) A further note on ACL #501: The rebuilt unit appears to have kept its 567 U-deck engines, but the electrical specification is the same as later deliveries of ACL E6As. Information from the January 1, 1959 EMD Product Data. --SSW9389 (talk) 23:12, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just a historian's note here, but all GM locomotives built prior to 1941 were built by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC). The Electro-Motive Division (EMD) was formed on January 1, 1941 with the merger of the Winton Engine Company with EMC.

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Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Superior Publishing. p. 128-129. ISBN 0-87564-715-4. has C&NWRy drawings and spec sheets for their #5001A, that’s where most of this comes from. Sammy D III (talk) 02:19, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]