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Thirty EM-1's were constructed for the B&O by Baldwin 1944-45 to help with war time tonnage. The B&O was desperate for motive power, unable to buy more road diesels because of government regulations and settled for steam. They went to work on the Cumberland Division hauling coal and merchandise between Grafton, West Virginia, Cumberland and Brunswick, Maryland. The severe grades on the west end (about 70 miles of up and down ) called for massive amounts of motive power. The B&O pioneered the use of articulated motive power in the USofA. The first one was Old Maude built 1904 for use west of Cumberland on Sand Patch grade . <br />The EM-1's were some of the most powerful articulated locomotives constructed although not as heavy as their western brothers. But a combination of big firebox (117sqft),and 485,000 lbs on the 64inch drivers produced 115,000 pounds of TE. They worked mainly in freight service but were used for a short time on Express trains. This was stopped after #7625 at the head of Mail 29 rolled over in 1947 near Oakland Maryland and killed the engineer. When diesels arrived on the west end EM1s were transferred to the Pittsburgh Divison and to hauling coal to Lorain, Ohio from Fairmont, WVa. Many were cut up in Cumberland. All were gone by 1960.
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