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EMD E-units were a line of passenger train diesel locomotives built by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and its predecessor the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC). Final assembly for all E-units was in La Grange, Illinois. Production ran from May 1937, to December, 1963. The name ''E-units'' refers to the model numbers given to each successive type, which all began with E. The E originally stood for eighteen hundred horsepower (1300 kW), the power of the earliest model, but the letter was kept for later models of higher power. The predecessors of the E-units were the EMC 1800 hp B-B locomotives built in 1935. These had similar power and mechanical layouts to the E-units, but in boxcab bodies on AAR type B two-axle trucks. EMC also introduced the TA model in 1937, selling six to the Rock Island. This had similar carbody styling, but otherwise had more in common with UP M-10001, M-10002, and M-10003 through M-10007, in that it was a 1,200 hp (900 kW), single-engined unit on B-B trucks instead of the E-units' A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. It is not part of the E-unit series. Like many early passenger locomotives, E-units used two engines. Even so, while E-units were used singly for shorter trains, longer trains needed multiple locomotive units; many railroads used triple units. E-units could be purchased with or without driving cabs; units with a cab are called A units or lead units, while cabless units are called B units or booster units. B units did contain simple controls for hostling, but they could not be so controlled on the main line. The locomotive units were linked together with cables which enabled the crew in the lead unit at the front to control the trailing units. Railroads tended to buy either ABA sets (two driving cab-equipped units facing in opposite directions with a booster in between) or ABB sets (a single driving cab with a pair of boosters). The former did not need to be turned to pull in either direction, but B units were cheaper than A units and gave a smoother line to the train. == Development == The EA/EB, E1, and E2 were limited production development models, each type selling to a single railroad. Their twin V-12 diesel engine layout, Blomberg A-1-A trucks, and wheelbase would become the standard for all future E models. The E3, E4, E5, and E6 were the standard pre-WWII production models, with little difference between them. All had the new 567 engines, for a total of . They had the sharply raked “slant nose”, and square windows on the sides. Production would stop in 1942. The E7 was introduced in 1945, and became the best selling E model. It had the improved 567 “A” engine, and the F style “bulldog nose”. The E8 and E9 were the final E models. The E8 had 567 “B” engines ( total), the E9 had the uprated 567 “C” engine ( total). They both used the same body style, with a grille along the top of the sides the length of the loco, and several “porthole” windows below it. Model descriptions are as built, EMC/EMD locomotives are often rebuilt to newer standards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EMD E-unit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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