EMD E5

EMD E5
CB&Q EMD E5 No. 9911A Silver Pilot at the Illinois Railway Museum
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
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 12-567, 2 off Engine type V12 Two-stroke diesel Cylinders 12 × 2 Loco brake D22L
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)
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. It was produced exclusively for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (“The Burlington Route”), and its subsidiaries between 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” design and was equipped with two headlights—a regular stationary headlight above a gyrating Mars signal light. The E5 was the sixth model in the EMD E-unit series.