Missouri Pacific EMD E3 and E6 Diesel Units

EMD E3, AA and E6 Diesel Units Missouri Pacific

MPE3A #7000 - EMD Painting

The inauguration of the Eagle streamliner on March 10, 1940 is frequently recognized as the beginning of dieselization on the Missouri Pacific, Power chosen for each of the six car trains was EMC's early, slant-nose 2000 horsepower E3 units, numbered 7000 and 7001. The new motive power actually arrived on the property October 22, 1939, four months prior to the delivery of the actual train and spent the interim at the head end of the heavyweight Kaysee Flyer.

Mopac MPAA No. 7100 was custom built by Electro-Motive, with a baggage compartment in the space normally occupied by a second prime mover. This unit was destined for the Delta Eagle, which began service May 11, 1941 between Memphis, Tennessee and Tallulah, Louisiana.

In preparation for the inauguration of the St. Louis to Denver Colorado Eagle, MP ordered four, 2000 horsepower E6 locomotives (7002AB and 7003AB) from Electro-Motive. Delivered in October of 1941, well in advance of the June 1942 start of the new Eagle, the locomotives were delivered with the standard Missouri Pacific buzz saw logo on the nose. However, coincident with the start of the Colorado Eagle, the train name replaced Missouri Pacific in the logo and names of the two operators of the train were painted under the nose wings. We are offering this early version and also a later version that is appropriate for The Coach Yard's Colorado Eagle.

These hand-crafted locomotives will be available only factory finished - DCC decoder equipped, including constant intensity lighting, Mars lighting, speaker box for future sound installation, both open and closed pilots, Kadee® couplers installed, and full cab interiors. See your dealer to reserve yours now!

MPAA#7100 - EMD Photo

MPE6AB-4x #7003 - Photographer Unknown

Product Code	Description	Prototype Usage	Status	Retail
MPE3A	MP - E3A Unit Nos. 7000 & 7001 as built 10/1939 Painted in the Loewy Scheme with molded aluminum trim - Appropriate for "Kaysee Flyer," "Eagle," "Missouri River Eagle" and early "Colorado Eagle" trains.	Oct. 1939 - mid-1940s	On Hold	TBD

MPE6A	MP - E6 Single A Unit Nos. 7002 or 7003 as painted in June 1942 Painted in the Loewy Scheme - Appropriate for early "Colorado Eagle" trains with Colorado Eagle herald and joint Missouri Pacific/Rio Grande lettering on the nose, full body diaphragm, early Eagle Blue, removable gray pilot - both closed doors and open door versions included.	early 1942 - mid-1940s	On Hold	TBD

MPE6AB-4x	MP - E6AB Sets Nos. 7002 & 7003 as painted in June 1942 Painted in the Loewy Scheme - Appropriate for early "Colorado Eagle" trains with Colorado Eagle herald and joint Missouri Pacific/Rio Grande lettering on the nose, full body diaphragm, early Eagle Blue, removable gray pilot - both closed doors and open door versions included.	early 1942 - mid-1940s	On Hold	TBD

MPE6AB-5x	MP - E6AB Sets Nos. 7002 & 7003 as modified in the late 1940s Painted in the Loewy Scheme - Appropriate for Coach Yard's later "Colorado Eagle" trains with Colorado Eagle herald and joint Missouri Pacific/Rio Grande lettering on the nose, narrow diaphragm, later Eagle Blue, ladder supports added to nose and removable gray pilot - both closed doors and removed door versions provided.	late 1940s - early 1950s	On Hold	TBD

MPAA	MP - AA No. 7100 as built 8/1940 Single prime mover & baggage cpt. Painted in the Loewy Scheme - Appropriate for "Dixie Eagle" and "Delta Eagle" trains	August 1940 - mid-1940s	On Hold	TBD