Feature

●Directional Amber LED headlights and illuminated, pre-printed number boards
●De-skirted trucks for a late type appearance, appropriate for operation with both the Silver Streak Zephyr as well as the California Zephyr
●DCC friendly mechanism coupled to a powerful 5-pole motor
●Comes with an optional coupler clip and removable front cowling to portray the locomotive with either an exposed or hidden coupler housing


Description

From the Manufacturer

The EMD E5 was built as a 2000 horsepower (despite the "E" in the name of the locomotive series originally referring to an "Eighteen hundred" horsepower engine specification) locomotive for passenger service specifically for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy. The major difference between the E5 and its other early E-unit brothers was its stainless steel finish and distinctive fluting, specifically chosen to match the CB&Qs corrugated passenger trains such as the California Zephyr, Nebraska Zephyr and Silver Streak Zephyr.