3rd Rail Sunset E5-6 run 2 reservations now closed (May 5) - Standby Reservations Available

There are so many excellent options! All the UP, MP, FEC, IC!!!, Burlington, ACL..... Many favorites of mine listed. This will be a tough one!

I'm in for a pair of the CB & Qs.  Santiago, Scott needs to pay you commission . . . I'm literally placing an order because of the pics you posted.

Sweet!  Just booked my CNW request.

A unit: #5005A and

A unit: #5005B

Kicking myself for cancelling my order on the first run.  Glad to have another shot for my Twin Cities "400".

I've got some work to do!

So with this second run who would be in for this As Delivered KCS paint scheme?

I am in for this and more going to be expensive.

@TrainBub posted:

E5, 6 Run 2 now up for reservations !!!! Scott has posted pix of all the Run 1 models - except the “demonstrator”. If you’ve missed run 1, you can now step up a have a second chance at these beauties. The paint schemes are the same as run 1. If you want a later paint scheme, you will Need to email Scott in sufficient numbers to have a chance of making that happen.  
Cheers !!! 😛

The Demonstrator was never a true Demonstrator anyway.  It started life as Seaboard unit that got rebuilt into an E6 partway through the 1939 world's fair.  I may need to add an E5 B unit.  Hard to decide as there are so many other great offerings right now from Sunset.

This is great news !!!

I will pre-order through Chicagoland Hobby for CB&Q E5A & E5B units.

Unless I missed it, 3RD Rail’s website did not list the specific road numbers & SILVER names for the CB&Q E5 models.

From the first run, I already have:

CB&Q   E5A   Cab          #9915A   Silver CARRIER   Nose Stripes:  BLACK

CB&Q   E5B   Booster   #9910B   Silver POWER    (B units have neither a nose nor stripes )

From the second run, I am hoping to buy:

CB&Q   E5A   Cab          #9911A   Silver PILOT        Nose Stripes:  BLACK   (Prototype preserved at Illinois Railway Museum)

CB&Q   E5A   Cab         #9910A   Silver SPEED        Nose Stripes:  RED

CB&Q   E5B   Booster   #9911B   Silver MATE       (B units have neither a nose nor stripes )

3RD Rail's website indicates that for CB&Q E5B booster units that their is a choice between BLACK stripes & RED stripes.  Because the E5B booster units did not have a cab with a nose, the E5B units had neither black nor red stripes.  I hope that 3RD Rail clarifies if there is any difference between these two choices for CB&Q E5B booster units.  

I also hope that 3RD Rail will specify on their website what road numbers & Silver names will be offered.  

Thanks again for starting this post !!!

@GG1 4877 posted:

The Demonstrator was never a true Demonstrator anyway.  It started life as Seaboard unit that got rebuilt into an E6 partway through the 1939 world's fair.  I may need to add an E5 B unit.  Hard to decide as there are so many other great offerings right now from Sunset.

I for one would be in for an 1939 A-B Seaboard Worlds Fair "E4" unit!

I will let Santiago answer CB&Q Bill's question above regarding detail differences Black and Red striping. Seems reasonable about the engine# and name plates. We will clarify that more.

Added Demo and KCS E6As.

People that said they skipped on the MP in run 1 because there were no passenger cars can now step up and reserve their E6s. The EAGLE production will move up in the Q as Amtrak is completed and the Daylight is in production. Having a complete consist is getting closer !!! 🙂👍

I'm hoping for Missouri Pacific in Jenks blue.

@sdmann posted:

I will let Santiago answer CB&Q Bill's question above regarding detail differences Black and Red striping. Seems reasonable about the engine# and name plates. We will clarify that more.

Added Demo and KCS E6As.

Especially since the 9911 Silver Pilot is the ONLY surviving E5 and the only locomotive to leave scrapper Pielet Brothers as a locomotive and not as a pile of scrap metal.

Rusty

@MikeH posted:

I'm hoping for Missouri Pacific in Jenks blue.

Me too !!!!!!  

I’ve already got my MP AB from run 1.  
A MP E6 in Jenks paint would be a fantastic add-on for my MP “empire”. No one has done it in “O” before too !!!!  Email Scott to give us the option !!!!!

(Sorry not to post a picture but I can only find photos that the website will scrub for copyright issues - can’t find a line drawing. No pix of models as no models. 😖)

Cheers

@Shawn_Chronister posted:

So with this second run who would be in for this As Delivered KCS paint scheme?

I am in for this and more going to be expensive.

Wow !!! You got a quick add to the offerings /reservation lists. Good deal for you as wasn’t offered in run 1.

@GG1 4877 posted:

The Demonstrator was never a true Demonstrator anyway.  It started life as Seaboard unit that got rebuilt into an E6 partway through the 1939 world's fair.  I may need to add an E5 B unit.  Hard to decide as there are so many other great offerings right now from Sunset.

I called it “demonstrator” just to keep it simple. Didn’t want to “get into the weeds”.
Anyway, Scott’s now added it to the options. 👍

C.B.&Q. E5A and B order placed.  Very pleased the red stripe option is being offered. 

AAAH WONDERFULL

@MikeH posted:

I'm hoping for Missouri Pacific in Jenks blue.

I just sent Scott a note about Jenks Blue E6’s! Let’s make it happen!

@TrainBub posted:

Wow !!! You got a quick add to the offerings /reservation lists. Good deal for you as wasn’t offered in run 1.

I ordered it already too plus others man I am going to be hurtin when that bill comes in.

@Shawn_Chronister posted:

I ordered it already too plus others man I am going to be hurtin when that bill comes in.

When time gets close I start sending in partial payments. That way it’s not so painful to make a Big Payment All At Once. Anyway, it works well for me.
Cheers !!!