Chicagoland Hobby just called me.
The 3rd Rail Run 2 E5 A&B models are in !!!
I have the following on order:
One CB&Q Black Striped E5 A
One CB&Q Red Striped E5 A
One CB&Q Black Striped E5 B
I will update this post tomorrow after I pick them up.
CB&Q Bill
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Well executed 👍🙂👍🙂👍🙂😜😜😜 MP Jenks blue !!!
Well done Scott !!!!!
I picked up my E5b yesterday from my local UPS drop off location. I did not have time to take it out of the box, but excited to have the extra HP to pull my now 10 car heavyweight CBQ train.
Got shipping notice (got one about NYC 20th Century run #2 too) last week . . . ETA Friday. E6A Seaboard Citrus scheme and E6A demo inbound for me (the prototype E6A demo was eventually bought and renumbered by SAL) to make a legit A-A pair.
A friend just mailed me and said that he had just received his MILW EP electric.
@GG1 4877 posted:I picked up my E5b yesterday from my local UPS drop off location. I did not have time to take it out of the box, but excited to have the extra HP to pull my now 10 car heavyweight CBQ train.
Sounds like a great train! What cars are you running?
@TrainBub posted:Well executed 👍🙂👍🙂👍🙂😜😜😜 MP Jenks blue !!!
Well done Scott !!!!!
That is a gorgeous model.
@SANTIAGOP23 posted:Sounds like a great train! What cars are you running?
Hey Santiago. The train will be mostly GGD cars. Four coaches, the RPO, the diner, a Pullman pool 12-2 sleeper, and the observation with the Roman style font. I also picked up the Atlas (MTH) special run silver RPO and the baggage car from Berwyn's to go with this set. Not really based on a prototype train, but I'll be pleased. I also have a few coaches GGD coaches and baggage car that need a run through the paint shop if I can ever find my Zephyr era decals that I purchased for them a few years back. 
Pulled the B unit out of the box tonight. Nicely done as I anticipated.
Super! I’m expecting my late era E5A. Gotta run those short locals!
@TrainBub posted:MP Jenks blue !!!
Well done Scott !!!!!
Very nice!
@SANTIAGOP23 posted:Super! I’m expecting my late era E5A. Gotta run those short locals!
I'd love to see your professional photos when you recieve it!
Quick snap of my SAL #3016 right out of the box. This one is 3 rail and came with the closed pilot (made of substantial metal -- not plastic) already mounted. The colors and graphics are great! Looks like it's pulling into Tampa's Union Station about 83 years ago. :-) WTG 3rd Rail team!
@BlueFeather posted:Quick snap of my SAL #3016 right out of the box. This one is 3 rail and came with the closed pilot (made of substantial metal -- not plastic) already mounted. The colors and graphics are great! Looks like it's pulling into Tampa's Union Station about 83 years ago. :-) WTG 3rd Rail team!
Beautiful and…..Oooo that pilot is Really Nice !!!! We all appreciate those nice extras !!!! 👍👍👍👍
Well my MP Jenks “B” arrived a day later. Now for a few more pix.
MP E6 in original Eagle and later Jenks Paint. Mission Accomplished !!!!!!!!! THANKS Scott !!!!!!!! 👍👍👍
Cheers !!!!! 😜
Beautiful stuff guys 😊❤️
Anybody get the late era CB&Q E5 yet?
E6 Demonstrator Version.
My photo, taken 02/03/2023.
It’s always good to see railroaders modeling southern roads. You don’t see that too often,
👍❤️👍
Yesterday, I picked up my 3rd Rail Run 2 CB&Q E5 models at Chicagoland Hobbies.
I am now in CB&Q E5 Silver Heaven !!!
I ordered 3 units and had Chicagoland Hobbies install @gunrunnerjohn 's YLB battery replacement capacitors into each unit.
Here are photos of early Black Stripe version CB&Q #9911A Silver Pilot.
The prototype 1/1 scale Silver Pilot is the only survivor of the 11 E5A units. It is operates in the summer at IRM (Illinois Railway Museum) in Union IL. It is a Phase 1 version E5A, while 3rd Rail's tooling is for the later Phase 2 version E5A. I am fine with any minor discrepancies between the Phase 1 & 2 versions. Although not identical twins, the Phase 1 & 2 versions were very similar fraternal twins.
Above is the side of Silver Pilot with the name plaque.
The above photo shows the black-striped nose with the lower headlight & upper Mars light. Consistent with the early "as delivered" appearance, there are no nose grab irons and no E5 model plates & numbers on the cab sides. The GM EMC-EMD builders plates are on the sides of the nose. The cab includes both engineer & fireman figures.
I plan to add decals of the #9911A & E5 plates to the cab sides on this model.
The above photo shows more of the side of the model. 3rd Rail has included the "as delivered" truck skirts, which are removable. On the prototype 1/1 scale E5s, the CB&Q removed them "for ease of maintenance" by 1950. Accordingly, the prototype Silver Pilot at IRM no longer has its truck skirts.
The above photo shows Harry @Harry's Trains & Tim @TRAINMANTIM test running the Silver Pilot at Chicagoland Hobbies. Harry & Tim are great & helpful guys !!!
I love this model of Silver PILOT !!!
THANK YOU to Chicagoland Hobbies team and to Scott & Shoni Mann & their 3rd Rail team !!!
CB&Q Bill
Here are photos of 3rd Rail CB&Q E5B Run 2 #9911B Silver Mate.
Silver Mate was intended to run with E5A Silver Pilot. These names were inspired by the river boat Pilots & crew Mates on the Mississippi River steam paddle boats that plied the river along side the CB&Q's Twin Cities Zephyr tracks on the Wisconsin shore line where "Natures Smiles for 300 Miles".
Only 5 prototype 1/1 scale E5B units were produced by GM EMC-EMD. Unfortunately, they were all scrapped, so non of them are preserved.
The first photo is a close up of Silver Mate's name plate.
The second photo shows one end & the side, with Harry standing behind it.
The 3rd photo shows the other end & the side, with Tim standing behind it.
Consistent with the early "as delivered" appearance of the prototype 1/1 scale Silver Mate, 3rd Rail's Run 2 E5B model includes neither the E5 model plate nor the #9911B numbers on its sides. However, it does include the removable truck skirts.
I plan to add my own #9911B numbers & E5 plates on the sides.
I love this model. Again, THANK YOU to Chicagoland Hobbies & 3rd Rail teams !!!
Here are photos of 3rd Rail's post 1958 Red Stripe E5A #9914B with no Silver name.
When delivered to CB&Q by GM-EMC-EMD, #9914B had black nose stripes, truck skirts, and the name Silver Swift. In 1958, the CB&Q modernized its image with repainting of its GP & SD freight diesel locomotive livery into the Chinese red & gray "Redbird" scheme. The Zephyr E units livery was updated with red nose & vent stripes to replace the "as delivered" black nose & vent stripes.
Above is a right side view of 3rd Rail's #9914B. Notice the "prototypical for post 1958" red nose stripes, nose grab irons, and #9914B numbers and E5 plate on the cab sides.
Although not prototypical for 1958, this 3rd Rail model also includes the removable truck skirts !!! I love having these track skirts !!!
The above view shows the nose of 3rd Rail's #9914B model. The red stripes and grab irons are clearly visible on the nose and the #9914B numbers, builder plates, & E5 model plates on the cab sides. The removable truck skirts are also visible.
Both views also show the blank name plates of the sides below the first rectangular side window. CB&Q "removed" the Silver names from the prototype locomotives simply by removal of the name plates, turning them around to the blank side, and then reattaching the plates with the blank side visible. IRM turned the name plates around to display the Silver Pilot name on #9911A for several years while still in red stripes and before the black stripes were restored.
In 2019 after I received my Run 1 E5A Silver Carrier & Run 1 E5B Silver Power, Scott Mann had sent to me name plates for E5A Silver Speed. I plan to apply these Silver Speed names to the sides of my red striped E5A #9914B and to also change its number to #9910A (to correspond to Silver Speed's prototypical cab number). Then I will have another matched set of E5A Silver Speed #9910A with E5B Silver Power #9910B !!!
Thanks again to Chicagoland Hobbies & 3rd Rail teams for these great CB&Q E5 A&B models !!!
CB&Q Bill
Here are photos of Harry & owner Greg at Chicagoland Hobbies during the installation of @gunrunnerjohn 's YLB battery replacement capacitors into my 3rd Rail E5 models.
Greg & Harry noticed that the 3rd Rail model's wiring has thick insulation. Most of the wires are bundled together such that they gain strength together & are unlikely to be pinched during reattachment of the shell to the frame.
They said that many other brands' models have unbundled wiring with thin insulation that lend themselves to pinching damage during reattachment of shell & frame.
Big score for 3rd Rail !!!
Above is a view of the motor & drive belt of a 3rd Rail E5 model.
Harry & Greg explained to me that the single motor in each unit powers both trucks per unit via a drive belt & drive shafts. Cool !!!
THANK YOU to @gunrunnerjohn for making the YLB battery replacement capacitor and to Greg & Harry @Harry's Trains for installing them in my 3rd Rail E5 models !!!
CB&Q Bill
@CBQ_Bill posted:In 2019 when I received my Run 1 E5A Silver Carrier & Run 1 E5B Silver Power, Scott Mann had sent to me name plates for E5A Silver Speed. I plan to apply these Silver Speed names to the sides of my red striped E5A #9914B and to also change its number to #9910A (to correspond to Silver Speed's prototypical cab number). Then i will have another matched set of E5A Silver Speed #9910A with E5B Silver Power #9910B !!!
Thanks again to Chicagoland Hobbies & 3rd Rail teams for these great CB&Q E5 A&B models !!!
CB&Q Bill
Lucky you!
Finally received my E6 today...bad weather yesterday pushed delivery until today...
Since I have moved to O scale, this is my first NEW engine I have purchased. Everything else has been used...so this was a big deal for me and probably why I didn't buy more than 1. I wanted a B unit, but the SAL Classic didn't run a B unit and was not offered by 3rd Rail. The pictures don't do the color justice. The hint of green is more pronounced in person than in pictures. It is definitely a unique color scheme.
Here are a few pictures of the unboxing and going through some of the DCC functions to light the cab and number boards. Can't wait to get started on my layout now to let this engine stretch her legs some rather than go back and forth on my 9 feet of track on the dining room floor. 
Thanks Scott...the wait was definitely worth it!
@roll_the_dice posted:Finally received my E6 today...bad weather yesterday pushed delivery until today...
Since I have moved to O scale, this is my first NEW engine I have purchased. Everything else has been used...so this was a big deal for me and probably why I didn't buy more than 1. I wanted a B unit, but the SAL Classic didn't run a B unit and was not offered by 3rd Rail. The pictures don't do the color justice. The hint of green is more pronounced in person than in pictures. It is definitely a unique color scheme.
Here are a few pictures of the unboxing and going through some of the DCC functions to light the cab and number boards. Can't wait to get started on my layout now to let this engine stretch her legs some rather than go back and forth on my 9 feet of track on the dining room floor.
Thanks Scott...the wait was definitely worth it!
Looks nice. Is there an option for a closed pilot included?
Yes, a closed pilot was included which is nice.
@Purplepapa posted:
Glad to see the factory got the nose numbers straight. I rejected the sample painted model 3 times for that error
@GG1 4877 posted:Glad to see the factory got the nose numbers straight. I rejected the sample painted model 3 times for that error
Look closely, Jonathan.
@SANTIAGOP23 posted:Look closely, Jonathan.
I see that now. Horizontally correct but leaning a bit to the left vertically. Still way better than there were in the sample. Looking at prototype photos, those stencils weren't always applied that straight either.
@GG1 4877 posted:I see that now. Horizontally correct but leaning a bit to the left vertically. Still way better than there were in the sample. Looking at prototype photos, those stencils weren't always applied that straight either.
I didn’t mean about the numbers
FYI,
That E6 is an Overland brass model that I painted back around 1990.
I posted that photo to illustrate Southern railroad modeling ( geographical area) as mentioned earlier in this thread.
Sorry for any confusion. Maybe I should have been a little more specific?
Leon
@Purplepapa posted:FYI,
That E6 is an Overland brass model that I painted back around 1990.
I posted that photo to illustrate Southern railroad modeling ( geographical area) as mentioned earlier in this thread.
Sorry for any confusion. Maybe I should have been a little more specific?
Leon
And you did a beautiful job, Leon!
Well then I hope to see some of the ACL Black ones that were run to see if they ended up doing the nose decals correctly. I also get the dunce award for the day. That's what I get for working and reading the forum at the same time! 
@Purplepapa posted:FYI,
That E6 is an Overland brass model that I painted back around 1990.
… Maybe I should have been a little more specific?
Leon
I thought they looked really dusty for fresh out of the box engines.
@vash44 posted:Feeling blue? This B unit is great! B Unit Name 1.
Show off your AB pair. 🤔
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