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131: 25: 437: 384:. After retirement from regular service, the unit was restored to purple & silver colors by owner Glenn Monhart. In the 1980s, the engine operated on the Wisconsin Western Railroad, a short-lived 409: 518: 523: 371:
built in November 1939 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. It was notable for being the sole EMC E3 survivor, though it was rebuilt into an
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Preserved (and only surviving) EMC E3 passenger diesel locomotive
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The No. 501 locomotive spent its career pulling the
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Washington Union Station
Electro-Motive Company
E3
AAR
Gauge
Prime mover
567
Roots blower
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
North Carolina Department of Transportation
EMC E3
diesel locomotive
E6
Champion
heritage railway
North Carolina Transportation Museum
"Atlantic Coast Line #501"
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