EMD E3

Infobox Locomotive
name=EMD E3
powertype=Diesel-electric
gauge=RailGauge|ussg

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caption=MP #7000 at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1940. Note the round "porthole" windows, a customization requested by the MP from EMD
poweroutput=convert|2000|hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on|lk=on
aarwheels=A1A-A1A
builder=General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
buildmodel=E3
builddate=March 1939 – June 1940
totalproduction=17 A units, 2 B units
cylindercount=12 × 2
primemover=EMD 567, 2 off
enginetype=Two-stroke diesel
disposition=one preserved and in mostly static display at the North Carolina Transportation MuseumThe EMD E3 was a convert|2000|hp, A1A-A1A passenger train locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. The EMC demonstrator #822 was released from La Grange for test on September 12, 1938. The cab version, or E3A, was manufactured from March, 1939 to June, 1940, and 17 were produced. The booster version, or E3B, was manufactured from March, 1939 to September, 1939, and 2 were produced. The 2,000 h.p. was achieved by putting two 1,000 hp, 12-cylinder, model 567 engines in the engine compartment. Each engine drove its own electrical generator to power the traction motors. The E3 was the fourth model in a long line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units.

Compared with other passenger locomotives made by EMD before and after these models, the noses of the E3, E4, and E6 cab units had pronounced slants when viewed from the side. Therefore, these three models have been nicknamed "slant nose" units. Some units made before these models were called "shovel nose" units because they looked like old coal shovels. Some units made during and after these models were called "bulldog nose" units, because they looked like a bulldog's snout.

Original owners

A units

B units

urviving units

Only one E3 survives today. It was formerly owned by Glen Monhart, and operated on excursions in Wisconsin. Today, it is owned by the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation Rail Division, and is on long term loan to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, in Spencer, North Carolina. It is ex-Atlantic Coast Line Railroad E3A #501. It is stored in operating condition, and will be run occasionally.

References

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External links

* [http://www.nctrans.org North Carolina Transportation Museum]