Editing EMC EA/EB (section)

== Significance and influence ==
The EA/EB—along with the more-or-less simultaneous [[EMC E1|E1]] for the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] and the [[EMC E2|E2]] for the [[Union Pacific Railroad]], [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] and [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]—represented an important step in the evolution of the passenger diesel locomotive. While the EA, E1 and E2 were each built for a specific railroad, they were largely identical mechanically and were a step further away from the custom-built, integrated [[streamliner]] and towards mass-produced passenger locomotives—a step achieved with the [[EMC E3|E3]] and [[EMD E6|E6]], EMD's later models.