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AA was a designator used for several different diesel locomotive types custom built by General Motors Corporation EMC/GM with passenger or baggage space in the same body. This locomotive is listed as class AA-6 at 〔http://www.thedieselshop.us/MoPac.HTML〕 by R. Craig, and the designation is logical as the locomotive is described as "half an E6" in the Second Diesel Spotter's Guide.〔Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). "The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide". Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. p.EMD-122. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.〕 One such was a single locomotive built for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, delivered in August 1940, numbered #7100. MP 7100 was built for service with the ''Delta Eagle'' passenger train, which ran between Memphis, Tennessee and Tallulah, Louisiana. Note: Missouri Pacific ordered all their 'E' units with portals instead of square windows like most of the E series from the EA to E7's. This was the only MoPac unit with square windows (on the baggage door). Since the two-car train the unit would have to haul was comparatively light, the AA was built with only one 1,000 hp EMD 567 V12 prime mover, and a baggage compartment where the second diesel would have been. Other EMC/GM locomotives carrying the AA designation include the Pioneer Zephyr, Flying Yankee, and General Pershing Zephyr power units. See (this site ) for three excellent photos of the 7100 pulling the Delta Eagle along with a detailed description of this unique train. == References == * Marre, Louis A. (1995). ''Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years''. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. p. 123. ISBN 0-89024-258-5. * * Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). "The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide". Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. p.EMD-122. ISBN 0-89024-026-4. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EMC AA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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