EMD
E5A #9909 “Silver Bullet” was built specially for
service with the Silver Streak Zephyr and was fitted
with Skirts on the trucks and a covered cowl to emphasize
the sleek, streamlined look of the locomotive and
train.
The
individual EMD E5A locomotive releases will have different
printing patterns on the nose to reflect the “general
use” versions of the CB&Q E5A locomotive, as well
as have un-skirted trucks that reflect the locomotive’s
later appearance when they would have been used to
pull trains such as the California Zephyr.
The
EMD E5 has a distinctive raised angular radiator grill
arrangement on the roof that was specific for that
locomotive.
A
special feature of the new Kato EMD E5A is that the
front coupler cowling can be removed on both the skirted
and un-skirted units in order to mount a Kato magnetic
knuckle coupler – this allows modelers to double head
these locomotives when pulling longer trains such
as the California Zephyr!
