The EMD E6 was a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A, streamlined passenger train locomotive manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation, and its corporate successor, General Motors Electro-Motive Division, of La Grange, Illinois. The cab version, E6A, was manufactured from November 1939 to September 1942; 91 were produced.

The E3A units were soon joined by 13 more EMC passenger units, 11 E6As numbered 502-512, and ACL's first B units, numbered 750-B and 751-B. Offering high-speed (100 MPH), lower cost motive power, the EMC units were integral in the hot competition for the New York to …

Dec 19, 2024 · The E6 was Electro-Motive's first widely produced passenger model, witnessing more than 100 units sold through the early 1940s.

Alantic Coast Line TMCC E6 Diesels A-A (PWR #512, DMY #513) --- With all new tooling and added details, Lionel celebrates General Motors' Electromotive Corporation's E-6 diesel locomotive. Produced between 1939 and 1942, 121 E6 units served with 14 railroads.

Nov 26, 2004 · The ACL fleet of E-6 power consisted of 22 E6A and 5 E6B units. All were delivered between 1940 and 1942. They joined the existing pioneer fleet of two E3A units.

ATLANTIC COAST LINE famous E6 #501 noted as the most miles on a passenger locomotive. Atlantic Coast Line #501 use to lead the Chalpion on it's passenger travels, This day in Spencer North Carolina it headed the Dinner Train! Atlantic Coast Line "The Champion" Rides Again! One of my Most Popular shots.

Nov 1, 2019 · There is no mistaking Atlantic Coast Line boss Champ Davis’ favorite color — Royal Purple — as E6 No. 518 nears Cascade Road leaving greater Atlanta for Waycross, Ga., with local train 101 in Oct. 1958.

Mar 25, 2022 · Mixing different types of E units should be fine. They don’t all need to be the same model to run together. The B units were pretty similar in most of the EB production run. The E8/E9 saw the introduction of the round porthole windows …

Atlantic Coast Line LEGACY E6 AA Set #500-1. The E3 and E6 locomotives shared a distinctive car body instantly recognizable by the pronounced slanted nose at the front of the locomotives. These streamliners ran point on some of the country's most colorful and famous passenger trains.