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: The EMC-TA was a model of diesel locomotive produced for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad by the Electro-Motive Corporation in 1937.
: The EMC-TA was a model of diesel locomotive produced for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad by the Electro-Motive Corporation in 1937.


[[File:LawrenceWSauer EMC TA PopularScience March1953.png|thumb|center|800px|Lawrence W. Sauer, a Minneapolis machinist, built this EMC TA trainset. He operted it Mennehaha Park. It represents 27 months of full-time work. More than 1,750 rivets went into this streamliner built by a Minneapolis machinist. From "Popular Science", March 1953.]]
[[File:LawrenceWSauer EMC TA PopularScience March1953.png|thumb|center|800px|Lawrence W. Sauer, a Minneapolis machinist, built this EMC TA trainset. He operted it in Minnehaha Park. It represents 27 months of full-time work. More than 1,750 rivets went into it. From "Popular Science", March 1953.]]

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The EMC-TA was a model of diesel locomotive produced for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad by the Electro-Motive Corporation in 1937.
Lawrence W. Sauer, a Minneapolis machinist, built this EMC TA trainset. He operted it in Minnehaha Park. It represents 27 months of full-time work. More than 1,750 rivets went into it. From "Popular Science", March 1953.