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The Erie-built was the first streamlined, cab-equipped dual service Diesel Locomotive built by Fairbanks-Morse , introduced as direct competition to such models as the ALCO PA and EMD E-unit . As F-M lacked the space to manufacture the units in their own plant, the work was subcontracted out to General Electric , which produced the locomotives at its Erie, Pennsylvania facility, thereby giving rise to the name "Erie-built." The unit's 2,000 hp, ten-cylinder series diesel engine. , built in May of 1947, hauled a number of its Named Passenger Trains , among them the '' Super Chief '' and '' San Diegan ''.]] 82 cab-equipped lead A Unit s and 28 cabless booster B Unit s were built for American railroads between December, 1945–April, 1949. Afterward, F-M continued to market dual service streamlined units under its Consolidated Line of locomotives, more commonly referred to as "C-liners." No Erie-built units are known to survive today in any shape or form. UNITS PRODUCED A units (cabs) B units (cabless boosters)
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