KATO N EMD E5A Diesel Locomotive Burlington CB&Q #9910A "Silver Zephyr" (KAT-1765401DCC) - No Longer Available

KATO N EMD E5A Diesel Locomotive Burlington CB&Q #9910A "Silver Zephyr" (KAT-1765401DCC)

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 O this allowsmodelers to double head these locomotives when pulling longer trains such as the California Zephyr!

Please note that the optional couplers are only included with the single locomotive releases.

Another point of interest is that all E5Is were custom built with stainless steel corrugated sides so as to match the CB&QIs stainless cars; a feature that gives these locomotives a noticeableshine and makes the matching Silver Streak Zephyr Zephyr so elegant.

Model Features:



• Equipped with a mix of body and truck mounted KATO magnetic knuckle couplers


• Directional Golden White LED headlights and illuminated preprinted numberboards


• Powerful five pole motor with all wheel electrical pickup and blackened wheels


• Drop in DCC compatible with the TCS K0D8-E Decoder



Prototype History


The EMD E5 was built as a 2000 horsepower (despite the IEO in the name of the locomotive series originally referring to an IEighteen hundredO 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 anddistinctive fluting, specifically chosen to match the CB&QIs corrugated passenger trains such as the California Zephyr, Nebraska Zephyr, and Silver Streak Zephyr.




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