I am sorry about that sound mishap at the end there with the Class 27 overpowering my own voice, I don't know how that happened. Nor do I know why the Southern Pacific E7's visuals suddenly jittered! Life, truly, is full of mysteries.
As an Australian, I can attest to the success of the E and F class locos, as the Land Down Under may well be the most prominent stomping ground for car-body diesels outside of North America; as a matter of fact, my local miniature train club has a replica of one in its roster, and even uses it as its training vehicle.
I live in the USA and I’ve seen several E-Units in Preservation and Union Pacific is the only Class 1 Railroad in the country to own and operate a set of EMD E9s two E9 A-Units and one E9 B-Unit. It’s a shame we never got any E1 in preservation today including the E2s and E4s with B-Units.
I always thought the "E" in E-unit stood for "Express" as the "F" in F-unit stood for "Freight". Es were almost always used on passenger trains while the Fs were typically freight engines, though due to better adhesion several Fs were used in passenger service (it turns out E units didn't handle mountain grades as well as F units).
EMC had a habit of using one (or two) letters for a series and running with it regardless of power output. That said, one reason the 2,000 HP E3’s weren’t “TA’s” is because that designation already existed for another type of B-B locomotive, with “Twelve Hundred” horsepower. They were basically “Pocket E’s,” and were exclusive to the Rock Island for use on their early Rock Island Rockets
I much prefer the earlier E-units for their shovel noses (which are far more stylish than bulldog designs IMHO), but the later Es were near equals to the advanced Deltics. I hope you also cover the most successful steam rival of the Es, the N&W Js, which were the only steam locomotives that beat diesels for economy, and I just so happen to live not too far from Norfolk.
For who those who's non-american E stands for: eighteen And the F unit stand for: Freight yeah, the F unit is for a freight or passangers idk And the a also a B unit the unit and the A are like this The A unit -having cab -have the control systems -and others The B unit -have no cab -acting as booster -and also for tge smooth streamline look with two A unit and B Unit (Also i just search up Google and they said, that the F unit originally for a freight service, but the fact back in the days like the 50s, 60s America still use steam heating passangers cars, they can pull short distance, mainly daytime passangers train but some small numbers of the F unit is equipped with steam generator for long haul/distance passangers train)
A common sentiment is that "F" stands for "Freight" but American-Rails.com says "F" stands for "Thirteen", as indeed EMD classified their diesel types by their horsepower output, E for Eighteen, T for Twelve, so forth.
You can also make a video about a successful Diesel(a GM -type). Wich did his duties by,the Belgian NMBS,Norwegian NSB,Danish DSB,Luxembourgian CFL and Hungarian MAV.
Those were license build cousins (EMD F7) of the E units altered for the European market / marshall plan loco's Europe had no A and B units but the on each end a cab A2 units . Sofar i know only in Australia they have A, B (US style) units and European style A2 EMD F7 's .
As an autistic, former Baltimorean, and as American. I used to went a B&O Museum once as a kid. Even if I seen a ex-EMD locomotives in the 40s or sometimes 1950s period.🤔
My first proper electric model train was an Australian version of these, sadly it is in pieces and because it's out of scale with my nowadays British stuff it's kinda sat. But damn is it distinctive to look at
