EMC AA | |
Powertype: | Diesel-electric |
Builder: | General Motors Corporation (EMC/GM) |
Builddate: | August 1940 |
Totalproduction: | 1 |
Aarwheels: | A1A-3 |
Locoweight: | 2473401NaN1 |
Weightondrivers: | 977001NaN1 |
Fuelcap: | 1200usgal |
Primemover: | EMC 12-567 |
Enginetype: | V12 diesel |
Cylindercount: | 12 |
Maxspeed: | 98mph |
Poweroutput: | 1000hp |
Tractiveeffort: | 244252NaN2 at 34mph |
Operator: | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Fleetnumbers: | 7100 |
Retiredate: | 1962 |
Disposition: | Scrapped |
AA was a designator used for several different diesel locomotive types custom built by General Motors Corporation EMC/GM with passenger or baggage space in the same body. This locomotive is listed as class AA-6[1] by R. Craig, and the designation is logical as the locomotive is described as "half an E6" in the Second Diesel Spotter's Guide.[2]
One such was a single locomotive built for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, delivered in August 1940, numbered #7100. MP 7100 was built for service with the Delta Eagle passenger train, which ran between Memphis, Tennessee and Tallulah, Louisiana. Note: Missouri Pacific ordered all their 'E' units with portholes instead of square windows like most of the E series from the EA to E7's. This was the only MoPac unit with square windows (on the baggage door).
Since the two-car train the unit would have to haul was comparatively light, the AA was built with only one 1,000 hp EMD 567 V12 prime mover, and a baggage compartment where the second diesel would have been.
Other EMC/GM locomotives carrying the AA classification include the Pioneer Zephyr, Flying Yankee, and General Pershing Zephyr power units.