The EMC AB6 was a type of diesel locomotive built exclusively for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (the "Rock Island Line") by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation and delivered in June 1940. Two examples were built, numbered #750 and #751.

2024年12月18日 · The AB6 was a specially built version of its E6 model diesel locomotive. It was designed in the early 1940s for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (the Rock Island) which had a specific plan for the locomotive.

2009年1月19日 · An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in June 1940 for the Rock Island (#s 750 and 751) …

Built specifically for the Rocky Mountain Rocket, this locomotive was an EMD E6 equipped with a cab and a working pilot. The trains they worked on travelled as a unified train from Chicago to Colorado, but would later divide into two.

The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). EMC participated in the construction of a number of motorized railcars, integrated streamliner trainsets, and experimental locomotives in the 1930s.

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An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in June 1940 for the Rock Island (#s 750 and 751) for the Rocky Mountain Rocket (Google it).

2024年10月14日 · The 'Rock Island Line' was home to a number of unique locomotives. One of these was the EMD AB6. Designed to be able to blend in as a B-unit, but operate as ...

The EMC AB6 was a type of diesel locomotive built exclusively for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (the "Rock Island Line") by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation and delivered in June 1940. Two examples were built, numbered #750 and #751.

EMC AB6 locomotives. This category has only the following subcategory.