General Motors purchased EMD on December 31, 1930, beginning a three-quarters of a century stretch of ownership by the company.
Examples of passenger Diesel locomotives produced by Electro-Motive Corporation: 6,000 HP Seaboard "Orange Blossom Special", 1,200 HP Rock Island "Rocket", and 5,400 HP C&NW - UP - SP "City of San Francisco."
Examples of passenger Diesel locomotives produced by Electro-Motive Corporation: 3,600 HP Santa Fe "Super Chief", 3,600 HP Baltimore & Ohio "Capital Limited", and 3,000 HP "Denver Zephyr."