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EMD E5 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | EMD E5 image=EMD E5 at IRM.jpgcaption=Preserved E5 at Illinois Railway Museumpoweroutput=2,000 hpaarwheels=A1A-A1Abuilder=General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)railroad=Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroadbuilddate=1940 – 1941buildmodel=E5totalproduction=11 A units, 5 B unitsenginetype=dual EMD 567cylindercount=V12disposition=scrapped; one preserved in operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum |
 | | }}The EMD E5 was a 2,000 hp, A1A-A1A passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive manufactured by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of La Grange, Illinois, and produced exclusively for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ("The Burlington Route") during 1940 and 1941. |
 | | The last surviving EMD E5 diesel is owned and operated by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. |
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