106-090 CB&Q EMD E5A/Silver Streak Zephyr 6 Unit Train Pack

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.

As of 2012 “Silver Pilot” is the last surviving E5 unit, residing at the Illinois Railways Museum in Union, IL.

Contents

• EMD E5A #9909 “Silver Bullet” with Skirted Trucks and "Silver Streak Zephyr" lettering
  
• Budd Baggage/RPO #1600 “Silver Sheen”
  
• Budd Baggage Car #900 “Silver Light”
  
• Budd Coach #4703 “Silver Gleam”
  
• Budd Coach #4704 “Silver Glow”
  
• Budd Observation #300 “Silver Spirit”
  
• A specially designed bookcase packaging that holds all 6 pieces of the set with room for an additional 2 E5 locomotives.

Features

• Directional Amber LED headlights and illuminated, pre-printed numberboards.
  
• 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.

Specifications

• Item Number 106-090
  
• Operator CB&Q
  
• Class E5
  
• Livery Silver Streak
  
• Wheel Configuration Co-Co