Reply to "Key Model Imports E5 detailed study"

Red nose detailing was difficult in many ways mostly due to finding specific photos of prototype #'s.

C&S was the final resting place for many of these locomotives. In effect further modifications were made beyond the CB&Q's modifications.

It literally was a locomotive by locomotive case. There were rarely two alike. Between 1956-1960 on the Q it was a little easier since the Q did try to maintain a degree a consistency in thier aging fleet.


The C&S and FW&D in the beginning each owned an A/B set of phase 1 E5's. They were unique 9980, 9950 were essentially CB&Q units displayed for Texas Zephyr service between Denver and Houston.