The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation was the originator of diesel-electric motive power for railroad applications. The Electro-Motive Engineering Company was formed in 1922. That year the company began supplying power plants for the first diesel-powered switch engines; twelve years later, in 1934, EMD introduced the original lightweight passenger locomotive for the Burlington Zephyr; and in 1943, the company pioneered diesel power for mainline freight trains. Today, EMD is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications: intercity passenger, commuter, freight, switching, industrial and mining. The company's headquarters, engineering facilities and parts-manufacturing operations are located in LaGrange, Illinois, just west of Chicago. Final assembly is conducted at Diesel Division, EMD's state-of-the-art plant at London, Ontario, from which EMD products are exported to customers around the world.

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