Original Owners
| Railroad | Quantity A units |
Quantity B units |
Road numbers A units |
Road numbers B units |
Notes |
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| Electro-Motive Division (demonstrator) |
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to Southern Pacific 6018 |
| Electro-motive Division (demonstrator) |
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to Rock Island 643 1st E8A built |
| Electro-motive Division (demonstrator) |
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to Delaware Lackawanna & Western 810-811 |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
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Model E8m |
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Model E8m, rebuilt from E1A and E1B | |
| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad |
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532 rebuilt from E7 |
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Model E8m, rebuilt from E3A | |
| Boston and Maine Railroad |
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to Missouri Pacific 42 in 1962 |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
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Even numbers only |
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Model E8m, rebuilt from EA and EB | |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
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| Central of Georgia Railway |
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| Chicago and North Western Railway |
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5019B rebuilt from E7 | |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
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656 is Model E8m |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
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| Canadian Pacific Railway |
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Bought for joint Boston and Maine service in New England; only E-units purchased new by a Canadian railroad |
| Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
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EMD Demonstrators 810-811 became DL&W 810-811 |
| Erie Railroad |
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| Fort Worth and Denver Railway |
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| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, |
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Model E8m, rebuilt from an ex-B&O EA |
| Illinois Central Railroad |
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| Kansas City Southern Railway |
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Model E8m, rebuilt from E3A | |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
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| Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad |
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| Missouri Pacific Railroad |
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renumbered 38–41 |
| New York Central Railroad |
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| Pennsylvania Railroad |
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5762 to New York Central 4097 |
| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad |
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| Seaboard Air Line Railroad |
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to Seaboard Coast Line 588-598 |
| St. Louis-San Francisco Railway |
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All named after a Kentucky Derby winner, hence the name of their paint scheme |
| Southern Railway |
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renumbered 6900-6905, 6916 |
| Southern Railway (New Orleans and North Eastern) |
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| Texas and Pacific Railway |
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renumbered 30–37 |
| Union Pacific Railroad |
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rebuilt from E2B | |
| Wabash Railroad |
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| Totals | 450 | 46 |
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