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EMC E3
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<h2 id="engine-and-powertrain">Engine and powertrain</h2> <p>The E3 introduced a 12-cylinder version of the <a href="/facts/EMD_567/KEvJQf5r">567 series Diesel engine</a>, with two being used for a total of 2,000 hp at 800 rpm. Earlier E-units had used two Winton 201A <a href="/facts/Prime_mover_(locomotive)/LVJ5b5oo">prime movers</a>, but that engine was ill-suited to railroad use and was unreliable. The 567, which was specifically designed for railroad motive power applications, is a mechanically aspirated, two-stroke 45-degree V-type with 567 cubic inches (9,290 cm3; 9.29 L) displacement per cylinder, and remained in production until 1966. Two <a href="/facts/Direct_current/r9MNUx84">direct current</a> generators, one per engine, provide power to four <a href="/facts/Traction_motor/5xAX9sdk">traction motors</a>, two on each truck, in an A1A-A1A arrangement. This truck design was used on all E-units and on MP 7100, CB&Q 9908, and Rock Island <a href="/facts/AB6/yoCMMhtc">AB6</a> power cars. EMC/EMD has built all of its major components since 1939.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="original-owners">Original owners</h2> <h3>A units</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Railroad</th><th>Quantity</th><th>Road numbers</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Electro-Motive_Diesel/18JmQm6l">Electro-Motive Corporation</a> (demonstrator)</td><td>1</td><td>822</td><td>to Kansas City Southern Railway #1</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad/JoDsuxlb">Atlantic Coast Line Railroad</a></td><td>2</td><td>500, 501</td><td>500 was wrecked in Fleming, GA in 1953 and rebuilt by EMD as an E8A. 501 was wrecked before delivery and rebuilt by EMC as an E6A. The 501 is preserved at the NCTM.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atchison%2c_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway/74eCYkC8">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a></td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway/kPKtBAKD">Chicago and North Western Railway</a></td><td>4</td><td>5001A, 5001B,5002A, 5002B</td><td>Initially used in A-A back-to-back pairs on the <i><a href="/facts/Twin_Cities_400/LueVxhu7">Twin Cities 400</a></i>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad/rP4YAIrr">Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad</a></td><td>2</td><td>625, 626</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Florida_East_Coast_Railroad/l8ojv0FP">Florida East Coast Railroad</a></td><td>2</td><td>1001, 1002</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kansas_City_Southern_Railway/43cTVXlo">Kansas City Southern Railway</a></td><td>2</td><td>2, 3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Missouri_Pacific_Railroad/cnjSQTcC">Missouri Pacific Railroad</a></td><td>2</td><td>7000, 7001</td><td>Built with two sets of double round portholes on each side.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Union_Pacific_Railroad/n9y9FccK">Union Pacific Railroad</a></td><td>1</td><td>LA-5</td><td>Built with two sets of triple round portholes, similar to the UP <a href="/facts/EMC_E2/K5FJBHYU">EMC E2</a>; later modified and renumbered.</td></tr><tr><th>Total</th><th>17</th><th></th><th></th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>B units</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Railroad</th><th>Quantity</th><th>Road numbers</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atchison%2c_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway/74eCYkC8">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a></td><td>1</td><td>11A</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Union_Pacific_Railroad/n9y9FccK">Union Pacific Railroad</a></td><td>1</td><td>LA-6</td><td>matched with A-unit (see notes for UP LA-5)</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="surviving-example">Surviving example</h2> <p>The only remaining E3 is ex-<a href="/facts/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad/JoDsuxlb">Atlantic Coast Line Railroad</a> E3A <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Coast_Line_501/FR0AoK4L">#501</a>. It was formerly owned by the late Glen Monhart, and operated on excursions in <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a>. Today, it is owned by the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation Rail Division, and is on long-term loan to the <a href="/facts/North_Carolina_Transportation_Museum/UrgoVw5N">North Carolina Transportation Museum</a>, in <a href="/facts/Spencer%2c_North_Carolina/KnP4A5yz">Spencer, North Carolina</a>. It is stored in operating condition, and is run occasionally. In January 2013, NCDOT transferred ownership of the engine to the NC Department of Cultural Resources, Spencer Shops parent organization. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Trains portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_GM-EMD_locomotives/pM8rrebM">List of GM-EMD locomotives</a></li></ul> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li>Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). <i>Chicago and North Western Power</i>. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 128-129. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-87564-715-4.</li> <li>Lamb, J. Parker (2007). <i>Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive</i>. Railroads Past and Present. Bloomington, Indiana: <a href="/facts/Indiana_University_Press/rSAxbGec">Indiana University Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-253-34863-0.</li> <li>Marre, Louis A. (1995). <i>Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972</i>. Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin: <a href="/facts/Kalmbach_Publishing/eHnl1Lv4">Kalmbach Publishing</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-89024-258-2.</li> <li>Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). <i>The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide</i>. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: <a href="/facts/Kalmbach_Media/eHnl1Lv4">Kalmbach Publishing</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-89024-026-7.</li> <li>Ross, David, ed. (2003). <i>The Encyclopedia of Trains and Locomotives</i>. Barnes and Noble. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7607-9679-5.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mike_Schafer_(author)/9tLFsxwU">Schafer, Mike</a> (1998). <i>Vintage Diesel Locomotives</i>. Enthusiast Color Series. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7603-0507-2.</li> <li>Solomon, Brian (2000). <i>The American Diesel Locomotive</i>. Osceola, Wisconsin: <a href="/facts/MBI_Publishing_Company/Ecn3jFez">MBI Publishing Company</a>. pp. 53–56, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7603-0666-6.</li> <li>Solomon, Brian (2006). <i>EMD Locomotives</i>. St. Paul, Minnesota: <a href="/facts/Voyageur_Press/Ecn3jFez">Voyageur Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7603-2396-0.</li> <li>Solomon, Brian (2010). <i>Vintage Diesel Power</i>. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MBI Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7603-3795-0.</li> <li>Solomon, Brian (2011). <i>Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units: The Illustrated History of North America's Favorite Locomotives</i>. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7603-4007-3.</li> <li>Solomon, Brian (2012). <i>North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory</i>. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7603-4370-8.</li> <li>Wilson, Jeff (2002). <i>E Units: Electro-Motive's Classic Streamliners</i>. Classic Trains / Golden Years of Railroading series. Waukesha, WI, USA: Kalmbach Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0890246068.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to EMC E3 locomotives. <ul><li><a href="http://www.nctrans.org">North Carolina Transportation Museum</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Pinkpank 1973, pp. 13, 26, 90, 101, 106, 118, 121, 122. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Ross 2003, pp. 261, 273. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>