Statistics:
Motive Power: Diesel Electric
Dates of Manufacture: Aug. 1949 – Jan. 1954
Manufacturer: General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Number Produced: 449 A units, 46 B units
Wheel Arrangement: A1A-A1A
Dates of Manufacture: Aug. 1949 – Jan. 1954
Manufacturer: General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Number Produced: 449 A units, 46 B units
Wheel Arrangement: A1A-A1A
Notes:
The E8 locomotive was the eighth in EMD's E Unit series of enclosed body covered wagon style passenger diesel engine electric locomotives. As the nose of the cab units was decidedly less slanted than those of earlier models, the E8 and later models were sometimes referred to as "bulldog nose" locomotives.