EMD E5

Infobox Locomotive
name=EMD E5
powertype=Diesel-electric
gauge=RailGauge|ussg

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caption=Preserved E5 "Silver Pilot" at Illinois Railway Museum
poweroutput=convert|2000|hp|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=on
aarwheels=A1A-A1A
builder=General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
railroad=Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and subsidiaries
builddate=1940–1941
buildmodel=E5
totalproduction=11 A units, 5 B units
enginetype= EMD 567, 2 off
cylindercount=V12 × 2
disposition=One unit preserved in operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum
The EMD E5 was a convert|2000|hp|sing=on, A1A-A1A passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive manufactured by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of La Grange, Illinois, and produced exclusively for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (“The Burlington Route”), and its subsidiaries, during 1940 and 1941. The E5 was distinguished from the otherwise very similar E3, E4 and E6 by being clad in polished stainless steel to match the Burlington's "Zephyr" trains. Like those other models, the E5 had a sloping “slant nose” equipped with two headlights — a regular stationary headlight and a gyrating signal light. The E5 was the sixth model in a long line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units.

The 2,000 hp. was achieved by putting two model 567 V12 1,000 hp engines in the engine compartment, each engine driving its own electrical generator to power the traction motors.

The last surviving EMD E5 diesel, named "Silver Pilot", is owned and operated by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Last used on the Fort Worth and Denver Railway (a CB&Q subsidiary) on the "Texas Zephyr", the E5 is matched with one of the Burlington's "Nebraska Zephyrs", a 5 car, articulated, stainless steel 1936 passenger train. This equipment was used in the production of the 1992 film "A League of Their Own", and for the 2006 film "Flags of Our Fathers", E5 9911A "Silver Pilot" was used with 4 stainless steel passenger cars relettered to resemble the Zephyr trainset.

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References and external links

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* [http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Chicago+Burlington+&+Quincy=9911A IRM Roster: Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A]
* [http://www.burlingtonroute.com/rosters.html Burlington Route Historical Society, Rosters, Equipment & Structures]