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The First E5, Built by EMC
Title:  The First E5, Built by EMC
Description:  When GM bought Electromotive Corporation (EMC) it became a division of GM and thus EMD. Only CB&Q had E5s. All were stainless steel. Other roads had E6s which were the same without the stainless. Date and location unknown
Photo Date:  1/1/1955  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:20:00 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9909(E5A)
Views:  2121   Comments: 2
"What's Taking So Long? We Gotta Go!"  Union Station
Title:  "What's Taking So Long? We Gotta Go!" Union Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/1964  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:12:53 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9912A(E5A)
Views:  1136   Comments: 0
Two Grand Old Ladies (Don't Pick a Favorite) Posing
Title:  Two Grand Old Ladies (Don't Pick a Favorite) Posing
Description:  In Union Station.
Photo Date:  6/27/1964  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:12:54 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
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Locomotives:  CBQ 9912A(E5A) NP 155(SW1200)
Views:  2167   Comments: 2
An E5A and Two E7As About to Cross the St. Croix River Bridge
Title:  An E5A and Two E7As About to Cross the St. Croix River Bridge
Description:  Because the train is coming off double track for the single track bridge, the cars can not be seen.
Photo Date:  6/30/1964  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:12:54 PM
Location:  Prescott, WI
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9912A(E5A)
Views:  955   Comments: 2
CB&Q 9912A (Silver Meteor) and 9912B (Silver Comet) with the EB Morning Zephyr
Title:  CB&Q 9912A (Silver Meteor) and 9912B (Silver Comet) with the EB Morning Zephyr
Description:  Stainless steel shovel nosed E5ABs were rare when this photo was taken August 21, 1964. Built in March 1940, this matched pair fly the eastbound Morning Zephyr across northern Illinois through the sleepy town of Chadwick just after lunch and a 129 miles from a bumper post in Chicago Union Station.
Photo Date:  8/21/1964  Upload Date: 10/26/2006 11:49:49 PM
Location:  Chadwick, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9912A(E5A) CBQ 9912B(E5B)
Views:  4370   Comments: 8
CBQ 9914BA (Silver Swift and Silver Arrow) Being Swift and Straight
Title:  CBQ 9914BA (Silver Swift and Silver Arrow) Being Swift and Straight
Description:  After 9912B CB&Q bought no passenger diesel B units except for the F3Bs for the California Zephyr. Date of this photograph unknown. It was purchased years ago.
Photo Date:  1/1/1955  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:20:01 PM
Location:  Somonauk, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9914B(E5A) CBQ 9914A(E5A)
Views:  2151   Comments: 3
The Silver Carrier and a Commuter Train
Title:  The Silver Carrier and a Commuter Train
Description:  Date unknown, but note the gallery car and 9915A still carries her name but she was wrecked two months before her 22nd birthday in April 1963. I bought this slide years ago. The nose louvers are not painted on!
Photo Date:  1/1/1955  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:19:56 PM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9915A(E5A)
Views:  1725   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9915B
Title:  CB&Q 9915B
Description:  Chicago Burlington and Quincy E5A 9915B leads the Galesburg Local (Train #2) at 9:45 a.m. (9 minutes late) at Sandwich, Illinois (56 miles west of Chicago--due there at 10:45) on July 5, 1963. EMD built this lady in 1941. Her name has been blanked out, but she will ever be the "Silver Clipper." Note 5 in the "Official Guide" says "Checked baggage will not be handled."
Photo Date:  7/5/1963  Upload Date: 10/26/2006 11:49:45 PM
Location:  Sandwich, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9915B(E5A)
Views:  3554   Comments: 1
Dang Poles
Title:  Dang Poles
Description:  I still remember trying to get the whole girl in between the poles.
Photo Date:  6/14/1964  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:12:50 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9915B(E5A)
Views:  1265   Comments: 2
Her Name, Silver Clipper, Sand Blasted Out
Title:  Her Name, Silver Clipper, Sand Blasted Out
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/1964  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:12:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9915B(E5A)
Views:  1032   Comments: 1
CBQ E5A 9915B and an E7A Were About to Cross the St. Croix River
Title:  CBQ E5A 9915B and an E7A Were About to Cross the St. Croix River
Description:  Because of the single track bridge over the river, the train was coming off double track and the cars can not be seen.
Photo Date:  6/27/1964  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:12:51 PM
Location:  Prescott, WI
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9915B(E5A)
Views:  857   Comments: 2
CB&Q 9915B in 1964 w/Morning Zephyr
Title:  CB&Q 9915B in 1964 w/Morning Zephyr
Description:  Train 21, note the 4 domes.
Photo Date:  8/20/1964  Upload Date: 10/26/2006 11:49:50 PM
Location:  Milledgeville, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9915B(E5A)
Views:  1278   Comments: 1


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