Kato will be releasing two new paint scheme variations  of the popular CB&Q E5A locomotive, the “Illinois Railway Museum appearance” E5A Red Band version and the “1960’s appearance” E5A Red Band version! Both can be used to pull the California Zephyr, or the museum version can be used for pulling your custom excursion trains!

The EMD E5 was built as a 2000 horsepower (despite the “E” in the name of the locomotive series originally referring to an “Eighteen hundred” 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 and distinctive fluting, specifically chosen to match the CB&Q’s corrugated passenger trains such as the California Zephyr, Nebraska Zephyr, and Silver Streak Zephyr.