The EMD E6 was a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A, streamlined passenger train locomotive manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation, and its corporate successor, General Motors Electro-Motive Division, of La Grange, Illinois.

Feb 5, 2025 · EMD built 92 E-6 A-units and 26 matching B-units before the war effort arrested production of all passenger diesels in 1942. When the war ended, EMD resumed production of the E-Series with the E-7, but it was the E-6 that established the …

Chicago & Northwestern LEGACY E6 AA Set #5005A-B. The E3 and E6 locomotives shared a distinctive car body instantly recognizable by the pronounced slanted nose at the front of the locomotives. These streamliners ran point on some of the country's most colorful and famous passenger trains.

Available only factory finished - includes constant intensity lighting, ready for customer DCC and sound installation, both open and closed pilots, Kadee® couplers installed, and full cab interiors. Multiple prototype unit names and/or numbers will be available for all units listed.

Dec 19, 2024 · The E6 was Electro-Motive's first widely produced passenger model, witnessing more than 100 units sold through the early 1940s.

CNW’s most famous train was the Twin Cities 400, introduced in 1935 and named because it travelled the 400 miles in 400 minutes, about 6 ½ hours. It was the fastest railroad on that route, and reached speeds in excess of 112 mph on some …

Nov 2, 2020 · Thrilled at the prospect of super accurate CNW passenger cars for my Yellow Jacket (Minnesota 400) and extra cars (for a Twin Cities 400) in case Scott does a 2nd E6 run in the future. Scheduling the project budget now and also working to …

General Motors LEGACY E6 AA Set (1939, 1940) The front-end styling of EMD's E6 set the proper note for the streamlined consists which followed. The smooth flowing lines of these locomotives ushered in a new era for railroading and formed a canvas for some of the most dramatic paint schemes ever seen on American rails.

These streamliners ran point on some of the countrys most colorful and famous passenger trains. Back in the Lionel catalog for the first time in many years, the E6 is available now for the first time with LEGACY and in some striking new and familiar color schemes!

This is the HO Scale E6 A-unit CNW 5006-B DCC with Paragon3 model train diesel locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports. ("Route of the 400") CNW.