The EMC E4 was a 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive built by the Electro-Motive Corporation of La Grange, Illinois. All were built for the Seaboard Air Line Railway.

Aug 27, 2024 · The E4 was built in 1938-1939, and along with the E3 was the first such model to feature a GM prime mover (the model 567) and not a Winton engine. The E4 featured two 12-cylinder 567s enabling it to produce 2,000 horsepower.

In an effort to dieselize the Orange Blossom Special the SAL ordered three A-B-A sets of E units from EMC that were delivered in October & November of 1938. Continuing its practice of giving each order a new model designation, EMC assigned the SAL units E4A and E4B.

Mar 26, 2021 · Electro-Motive E4 diesel locomotive No. 3000 In 1938–39 Electro-Motive built 14 E4A and 7 E4B units for Seaboard’s top passenger trains like the Orange Blossom Special and Silver Meteor. SAL had the only E4’s, which differed from the contemporary E3, E5, and E6 in having special retractable nose doors that enabled safe passage from a ...

Apr 12, 2025 · For what it may be worth, EMD repeatedly identified SAL E4 3000 over the years as the "First 567 engined E-Unit". Photos of this unit were used in company brochures to identify it as the first of its type, and the General Manager took some of the staff and the plant photographer over to the scrapyard when it was about to be cut up to pose for ...

EMD introduced the 567, its first designed-built diesel engine in 1938 in an order of E3s for SAL. (Citation is the same). The book doesn't detail model numbers, but a Wikipedia article (search - emd locomotive models) lists EMD models and engines.

EMC E4 No. 3002, power for the Silver Meteor. The EMC E4 was a 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive built by the Electro-Motive Corporation of La Grange, Illinois. All were built for the Seaboard Air Line Railway.

The tall crossing signal standing above the lead "Citrus" E4 is manually thrown, basically a tall "high Daddy" switchstand. I threw it a number of times when I worked the "Downtown Hostler" job. The Orange Blossom Special is standing on the SAL passenger main to Columbia SC.

Jan 20, 2024 · Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SAL E4 #3001 with eastbound Local Mail & Express #6 at Rockmart GA, May 28 1949 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

Here is page five of an eight-page cover article by David P. Morgan & Al Kamm, Jr., entitled "Those Esthetic E's: A Story Of The Power That Bumped Steam Off The Varnish." It was published originally in the May 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 24.