EMD E5

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	A1A-A1A
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Wheel diameter	36 in (0.914 m)
Wheelbase:
• Truck	14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Length	71 ft 1 in (21.67 m)
Width	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Height	15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Loco weight	A unit: 315,000 lb (142,882 kg) ; B unit: 290,000 lb (131,542 kg)
Prime mover	EMD 567, 2 off
Engine type	V12 Two-stroke diesel
Cylinders	12 × 2
Loco brake	D22L

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	E5
Build date	February 1940 – June 1941
Total produced	11 A units, 5 B units

EMD E5
EMD E5
	CB&Q EMD E5 No. 9911A Silver Pilot at the Illinois Railway Museum
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	E5
Build date	February 1940 – June 1941
Total produced	11 A units, 5 B units
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	A1A-A1A
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Wheel diameter	36 in (0.914 m)
Wheelbase:
• Truck	14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Length	71 ft 1 in (21.67 m)
Width	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Height	15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Loco weight	A unit: 315,000 lb (142,882 kg) ; B unit: 290,000 lb (131,542 kg)
Prime mover	EMD 567, 2 off
Engine type	V12 Two-stroke diesel
Cylinders	12 × 2
Loco brake	D22L
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	116 mph (187 km/h)
Power output	2,000 hp (1,491 kW)
Tractive effort:;
• Starting	56,500 lbf (25,628 kgf)
• Continuous	31,000 lbf (14,061 kgf) @11 mph (18 km/h)
Operators
Career
Operators	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and subsidiaries
Disposition	One unit preserved in operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum

The EMD E5 is a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive manufactured by Electro-Motive Corporation, and its corporate successor, 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. It also featured unique small grill-like ornamentation on both sides of the upper headlight. Like the other pre-war models in the E-series, the E5 had a sloping “slant nose” and it was equipped with two headlights — a regular stationary headlight above a gyrating Mars signal light. The E5 was the sixth in the EMD E-unit series.

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