EMD AA
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 EMD model AA locomotive built for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and used on their Delta Eagle passenger train service. |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) |
| Total production | 1 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
| Engine type | EMD 567 |
| Cylinders | V12 |
| Power output | 1,000 hp |
| Career | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Delivered | August 1940 |
| Retired | unknown |
The EMD AA was a diesel locomotive type built exclusively for the Missouri Pacific Railroad by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division and delivered in August of 1940. Only one example was produced, numbered #7100. MP 7100 was built for service with the Delta Eagle passenger train, which ran between Memphis, Tennessee and Tallulah, Louisiana.
Since the small two-car train the unit would have to haul was comparatively lightweight, the AA was built with only one 1,000 hp EMD 567 V12 prime mover, and a baggage compartment was located where the second engine would have been.
[edit] References
- Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years, p.123. Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-258-5.
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