Thursday, March 24, 2016

Kansas City Southern - EMD E6A Diesel Locomotive

Trains are a fascinating piece of our history.
Rock Island locomotive 630.jpg
EMD E6A Loco with Pusher. Wikipedia picture
The EMD E6 was a 2,000-horsepower passenger train locomotive manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation, and its corporate successor, General Motors Electro-Motive Division, of La Grange, Illinois.

E6A was manufactured from November 1939 to September 1942, and 91 were produced.

The booster version, or E6B, was manufactured from April 1940 to February 1942, and 26 were produced. The 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW) was