Absolutely beautiful EMD E1, slant nose makes a heck of an entrance. The first of her kind built and the very last of her kind in existence. Simply legendary.
This was the earliest E-unit diesel model built in 1937, these EA units were the B&O's first passenger diesels and the "E units" gained higher publicity after the late 1930s. It is a shame however that locomotive 51 doesn't have it's "B unit" preserved with it, I would like to see both the A and B units joined together for a matching EA/ EB pair set of locomotives. It is wonderful to see that a late 1930s model passenger diesel has been preserved for public display.
What a beautiful locomotive, 51. Great memory stir-up here, my uncle was a communications engineer for B&O, took me on a couple overnighters to Youngstown.... not sure if this one was in that service in 1958-1966 or so, but this is my favorite of the locomotive designs. The smell of fuel and oils, the inside of the cars..... I need to get to that museum next time I'm in Baltimore, used to live a couple blocks away next to HL Mencken's former home, then heard of the hurricane disaster at the museum- Isabelle or Floyd? Thanks for your channel, lots of great video (content and camera) here.
This particular piece was sent back to General Motors in 1953 as part of a trade-in program. "At the plant, the No. 51 was stripped of its usable machinery and sent to the newly opened Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Transportation Museum." - B&O RR Museum www.borail.org/bo51.aspx
It's psossible to see one of her Winton engines trough the open engine room door during switching, it would be so great to have the engines running again as there is not a single Winton engined locomotive in preservation currently which has the engine(s) running as far as I know, at least not shown on UA-cam. Does anyone know if there is an operational Winton 201-A engine somewhere? I never have heard the sound of one.
Sure do wish this Museum was in a better part of town I'm scared to go there and Maryland doesn't have reciprocity with Florida on a concealed weapons permit
This was one of the 1st road diesels, and it pretty much started the dieselization of Americas railroads! Does it still have its Winton 201's in it? Can't wait to see it finished! Nice Job.
I read that when it was traded to EMD all useful parts were taken then it was donated....but I am pretty sure I saw a motor through that open door at 3:44 and it sure looked like a 567 type.
That open door begs to differ my friend. I have heard it still has it's Wintons but the generator was pulled. Take another look at the opened door on the side.
What I saw trough that open door was absolutely a Winton 201 diesel, it has separate head covers, an EMD 567 and later types don't have, also the square crank case covers look to be smaller than these on early 567s, just compare with pictures you can find with Google search. Would be great if they could get at least one of the engines running, even withoutpowering the loco, just to hear what they sounded like, I didn't find any real soundfiles of these engines yet.
EMd made some impossibly sexy locomotives. I wish they could bring back that look in some way. modified for rear view options. But these days its all about just being practical. Sad
Seeing as this thing has no prime mover anymore, maybe they could put in a new one along with a few electrical components? It won't mess with any of the original parts, so it might just be a nice alternative to the #25, seeing as every time the 1,472 rolls over a steam engine becomes less of its original self.
51 has her prime movers, but no generators or traction motors. The repair ability of a Winton 201 would be the most daunting of issues with making 51 operable.
@@jonmurr1 If it were me, I would just get rid of the Wintons and throw in a 16-645E. Make it essentially a GP38 like some of the other currently operational E units.
![[4K] Unveiling of Beautifully Restored EMC EA Locomotive #51! (B&O Railroad Museum)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7uLSMbt_UMI/mqdefault.jpg)
And now, she's fully restored. She just got restored today is on display at the B&O musuem.
Not fully, bad use of words. Maybe fully cosmetically restored would work better.
Absolutely beautiful EMD E1, slant nose makes a heck of an entrance. The first of her kind built and the very last of her kind in existence. Simply legendary.
It's a EA
It’s an ea and 51 was the first streamlined locomotive ever
@@jadedfox4672 Thanks, I'm not sure why I commented that. Thank you for correcting me.
@@hakeemsd70m it's okay, the e1 was built for the santa fe, later extensively rebuilt into e8m's, I dont believe any survive today
Amazingly beautiful piece of railroad history 😍❤
it be nice to have it running again
She is very Art Deco - my faourite period
This was the earliest E-unit diesel model built in 1937, these EA units were the B&O's first passenger diesels and the "E units" gained higher publicity after the late 1930s. It is a shame however that locomotive 51 doesn't have it's "B unit" preserved with it, I would like to see both the A and B units joined together for a matching EA/ EB pair set of locomotives. It is wonderful to see that a late 1930s model passenger diesel has been preserved for public display.
I hope they can bring her back to her former glory.
They did and in February of 2021 the engine was on display at the Baltimore & Ohio RR museum in Baltimore. They did a beautiful job on it.
This locomotive is 82 years old
And I think she is absolutely beautiful for her age!
The flying Scotsman is 98 years old.
What a beautiful locomotive, 51. Great memory stir-up here, my uncle was a communications engineer for B&O, took me on a couple overnighters to Youngstown.... not sure if this one was in that service in 1958-1966 or so, but this is my favorite of the locomotive designs. The smell of fuel and oils, the inside of the cars..... I need to get to that museum next time I'm in Baltimore, used to live a couple blocks away next to HL Mencken's former home, then heard of the hurricane disaster at the museum- Isabelle or Floyd?
Thanks for your channel, lots of great video (content and camera) here.
This particular piece was sent back to General Motors in 1953 as part of a trade-in program. "At the plant, the No. 51 was stripped of its usable machinery and sent to the newly opened Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Transportation Museum." - B&O RR Museum www.borail.org/bo51.aspx
It's psossible to see one of her Winton engines trough the open engine room door during switching, it would be so great to have the engines running again as there is not a single Winton engined locomotive in preservation currently which has the engine(s) running as far as I know, at least not shown on UA-cam.
Does anyone know if there is an operational Winton 201-A engine somewhere? I never have heard the sound of one.
#51 is being moved to the Restoration Shop for cosmetic restoration.
MrImpossiblyBlack is this the only EMC E1 that existed or are there others
Jmream2 Jmream its the only E1 left in existence.
@@mattlf9120 is not E1 is EA
Great, you're going to restore her to her former beauty! She is absolutely majestic. Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful streamliner! I have a Marx version, from around the same time as the real EA! Stunning piece of engineering.
I would love to build a 11/2” scale “Slantnose! Have my very own Rock Island “Rocket”!
Sure do wish this Museum was in a better part of town I'm scared to go there and Maryland doesn't have reciprocity with Florida on a concealed weapons permit
Acquire, restore, play, and then display!!
Are the Winton prime movers still in this engine?
I wonder if she has her old Winton A-201 in her belly?
This was one of the 1st road diesels, and it pretty much started the dieselization of Americas railroads! Does it still have its Winton 201's in it? Can't wait to see it finished! Nice Job.
+K4JW No they were pulled out a long time ago
I read that when it was traded to EMD all useful parts were taken then it was donated....but I am pretty sure I saw a motor through that open door at 3:44 and it sure looked like a 567 type.
That open door begs to differ my friend. I have heard it still has it's Wintons but the generator was pulled. Take another look at the opened door on the side.
What I saw trough that open door was absolutely a Winton 201 diesel, it has separate head covers, an EMD 567 and later types don't have, also the square crank case covers look to be smaller than these on early 567s, just compare with pictures you can find with Google search.
Would be great if they could get at least one of the engines running, even withoutpowering the loco, just to hear what they sounded like, I didn't find any real soundfiles of these engines yet.
From what I've heard the winton201s are still in her just missing alot of parts
Anyone here after its restorations complete?
does this engine have sterling silver bearings, ? is that part of the overhaul problem ?
Was it in an accident at some point in its career? The plow looks like it came off an E8.
EMd made some impossibly sexy locomotives. I wish they could bring back that look in some way. modified for rear view options. But these days its all about just being practical. Sad
It would be cool to see it in Warbonnet
Seeing as this thing has no prime mover anymore, maybe they could put in a new one along with a few electrical components? It won't mess with any of the original parts, so it might just be a nice alternative to the #25, seeing as every time the 1,472 rolls over a steam engine becomes less of its original self.
51 has her prime movers, but no generators or traction motors. The repair ability of a Winton 201 would be the most daunting of issues with making 51 operable.
@@jonmurr1 If it were me, I would just get rid of the Wintons and throw in a 16-645E. Make it essentially a GP38 like some of the other currently operational E units.
That is the last of its kind
EMD
51 is not looking good.
Is now