General Motor's E series of locomotives.
113K views · Jan 31, 2024 · Autos & Vehicles
Comments · 161
@alcobufff · 2 years ago · pinned
Note: when I talk about the PA's making it into the Santa Fe days I mean the D&H when these unit were bought and run on that railroad till the early 70's.
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@henrivanbemmel · 2 years ago
Honestly, THIS is what a passenger locomotive should look like. Just love 'em.
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@DavidA.-bv8xy · 2 years ago
One little thing: IN 1940, there was no Seaboard Coast Line. Seaboard Air Line.Railroad. that's all.
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@michaelprice8775 · 1 year ago
The E units were the best looking of all the passenger engines.
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@davidmccann9811 · 2 years ago
As a Brit, I consider these E Series to be the definitive American locomotive.
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@andyharman3022 · 2 years ago
EMD streamliners are my favorite class of locomotive.<br>Thanks a lot for this.
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@lifehappens2370 · 2 years ago
I’m 74 now, born in ‘49 in Modesto. Family and friends knew I was nuts as I was constantly drawn to the rails running through town. <br> You cover one heck of a lot of locomotive history here and you do it well! <br> Thanks!
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@KennethMeier-cy3mv · 1 year ago
Also, that E - 5 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois is my favorite A & B unit. Just a beautiful work of art and hitory.
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@EugeneCollum-l5f · 2 years ago
Seaboard Coast Line didn't form until 1967.
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@buecomet831 · 2 years ago
YES YEEES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES- Plankton !
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@Trains-With-Shane · 2 years ago
Nice job, Peter! This video confirmed what I always suspected about the E series which is that they were largely too heavy and inefficient when compared to the F units and GP's of the time. Very cool to find out the actual details of their development and lives.
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@andyevans2336 · 2 years ago
Just a minor correction: the Cascade Tunnel, for which Ralph Budd was credited by the narrator was not in the Rocky Mountains but in Washington State. You know, only about 200 miles to the West.
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