The EMC E2 was an American passenger-train diesel locomotive which as a single unit developed 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW), from two (2) 900 horsepower (670 kW) prime movers. These locomotives were typically operated as a unit set or ; where the three unit lashup developed 5400 horsepower. This was almost the ideal horsepower required for the tonnage of a 15 - 18 car passenger train, operated over the ruling grades of virtually all of the mileage between major American cities. The units were of the A1A-A1A wheel arrangement, and manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) of La Grange, Illinois.
UP E2 LA-1 on an advertisement in 1944
City of Los Angeles, with EMC E2 locomotive featuring its aggressive bulldog nose, 1941 paint scheme
A B unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive unit which does not have a control cab or crew compartment, and must therefore be operated in tandem with another coupled locomotive with a cab. The terms booster unit and cabless are also used. The concept is largely confined to North America. Elsewhere, locomotives without driving cabs are rare.
"B" unit of the Russian 3TE10MK diesel locomotive with a cab-styled body
Russian OPE1A [ru; uk] industrial electro-diesel locomotive for quarry railways with primary electric locomotive and two diesel-electric B units
B unit converted from an EMD F9AM locomotive. The cabin shape was preserved, but its windows were blanked out and the front door was added.
A four-axle EMD GP38-2 B-unit coupled with six-axle SD40-2 A-unit