EMC AA

EMC AA

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Corporation (EMC/GM) Build date August 1940 Total produced 1

Specifications AAR wheel arr A1A-3 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Adhesive weight 97,700 lb (44,316.0 kilograms) Loco weight 247,340 lb (112,191.5 kilograms) Fuel capacity 1,200 US gal (4,500 l; 1,000 imp gal) Prime mover EMD 567 Engine type V12 diesel Cylinders 12

Performance figures Maximum speed 98 mph (158 km/h) Power output 1,000 hp (746 kW) Tractive effort 24,425 lbf (108.65 kN) at 34 mph (55 km/h)

Career Operators Missouri Pacific Railroad Numbers 7100 Retired 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 at ^[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 portals 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 designation include the Pioneer Zephyr, Flying Yankee, and General Pershing Zephyr power units.

See this site for three excellent photos of the 7100 pulling the Delta Eagle along with a detailed description of this unique train.

References

1. http://www.thedieselshop.us/MoPac.HTML
2. Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). "The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide". Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. p.EMD-122. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.

• Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. p. 123. ISBN 0-89024-258-5.
• EuDaly, Kevin (1994). Missouri Pacific Diesel Power. Kansas City, Missouri: White River Productions. pp. 24–27. OCLC 32700939.
• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). "The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide". Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. p.EMD-122. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.