Friday 20th June 1930

Winton Engine Company became the Winton Engine Corporation, a subsidiary of General Motors. It produced the first practical two-stroke-cycle Diesel engines in the 400 to 1,200 hp (300 to 900 kW) range, which powered early Electro-Motive Corporation (of GM) Diesel locomotives and U.S. Navy submarines. Part of Winton devoted to the manufacturing of diesel locomotives in 1935 became part of the Electro-Motive Corporation, later a division of General Motors, and is still in business today.