Atlantic Coast Line 501 is an
EMC E3
The EMC E3 is a , A1A-A1A passenger train locomotive that was manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation of La Grange, Illinois. The EMC demonstrator #822 was released from La Grange for test on September 12, 1938. The cab version, or E3A, was ...
diesel locomotive 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 E6 before delivery.
The locomotive spent its career pulling the ''
Champion
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...
''.
In the 1980s, the engine operated on the Wisconsin Western Railroad, a short-lived
heritage railway. It is currently operating at the
North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.
References
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Electro-Motive Division locomotives
A1A-A1A locomotives
Preserved diesel locomotives
Individual locomotives of the United States