Love those sloped-nose E units!

It's a wee bit of long drive from NY, but I agree them sloped nosed locos are gorgeous.  Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

Richie

Are these supposed to smoke from the fore and aft stacks or just the front ones?

C.Sam...Agree, the best looking E units are the E6 and older with sloped nose for me....I am looking for Warbonnet E6 units for a long time now... Enjoy them E6's

The E6 is the best looking passenger diesel of all time. Love the Deco look of the sloped nose, and that Mopac paint job is one of the nicer ones created for it. 

Very nice!

I am in the minority.  The slop nose are my least favorite early EMD units.  I just got to like the straighter up nose when I was a kid and now it seems the only way for me.  

Very nice looking.

This Seaboard E6 (HO) looks like a big chunk of candy:

 

 

 

Seaboard repainted the roofs on some of their E units to dark green but I'm not sure if they did it on the E6 or if they kept them like this until they were repainted into the Mint Green color scheme.

Beautiful...gotta love those E units.

Someone asked for a better shot of the Southern No 2800. This was formerly a Lionel Burlington E5

Sam,

 

I agree Those are great. Would love to have an atsf set to go with my Alcos.

 

Ron

Really nice fusion of engineering and art back in the day.  Those are awesome models.

 

Where is Asheville?

Hi Sam,  thanks for posting those pictures,  they look great!  I have grown to admire art deco. All the best, Dave

I've seen the MoPac E6s in person.  A gorgeous set to be sure.

 

Waiting on MTH to produce the E7.  I will take mine in Boston and Maine, Maine Central, and Bangor and Aroostook flavors, please.

Sam,

   Got to admit they are kind of cool, here in the Pa mountains, I have never seen a real one on the tracks however.

PCRR/Dave

I agree Sam, sure look nice.

 I sure do agree.  I love these engines.  Your MoPacs look great!!  

 

- Mike

Some cool stuff

I really like E5's!

Photo (c) 2015 Erik C Lindgren for Key Model Imports

Love those early EMD E-6's. Rock Island Running on my railroad.

 

I think they look great in all the classic paint schemes, and that Missouri Pacific Eagle scheme is particularly striking.

 

In 1956, the Flagman on Frisco's Oklahoman (an all-stops night crawler from Tulsa to Kansas City) allowed me to occupy the rear vestibule with him coming into KC.  As we pulled into Union Station, there were Mop E7's waiting to couple onto their train, and this ten year old boy was stricken.

 

The Frisco provided a single FP7 in classic black and imitation gold, which was appropriate for such a humble train.  There was also a Wabash E8 in the depot, in the full blue/grey/white scheme and I was dazzled by that, too.  We left for Minneapolis on the Twin Star Rocket, behind A-B-A E8 and E7 power in Rocket paint.

 

It was a memorable day of actually seeing, and riding behind, foreign line paint schemes which I had previously only seen in photos.  In spite of all the train watching I did in the 1950's and '60's, the only E3/E6 units I ever saw in person were on my Home Road, at Kansas City, clean, shiny, and with the trucks and pilot in fresh paint.

 

Slope nosed E's, a classic end to the Art-Deco styling!

I agree that the E5 and E6 were and are beautiful engines. The Burlington E5, #9911 Silver Pilot survives at the Union Illinois RR Museum. 

 

But there were another group of Burlington engines that helped EMD develop the design of the E series models for the railroads. The EA shovel nose engines used on the Burlington, such as the one attached, #9904 Silver Pegasus as used on the Denver Zephyr, both A and B types. As the years went on, the Q often used the an EA A units leading the passenger consist with an E7 as a helper. 

 

The Q had 4 EA engines and 2 B units in service beginning 1936. These were developed after the Q took delivery of the Pioneer Zephyr, the first of 4 articulated passenger sets.

 

As for me, I would love to see someone (LIONEL, or 3rd Rail or Atlas) do the Shovel nose engines followed by the early Denver Zephyr passenger cars.

 

 

something about a raked back bow that gets you fired up! Even the battleships did it...

 

 

I really like the Santa Fe warbonnets....

 

 

 

Lots of good info here, thanks for posting Sam.  Classic looks!  I can't positively answer your smoke question Sam, but if those units are anything like the Premier E7's and 8's, smoke should come from both forward and aft stacks.  You may have a bubble or other source of blockage.

 

Rich

Love Warbonnet Style!

MTH's C&NW E6

 

 

Lee,

Doggone it all. You have so many positive attributes that we love. I guess we can over-look one itty-bitty fault .

I totally agree sam.  I am waiting for Lionel to re-release the warbonnet E6s with legacy!

 Thanks Mike

 

Is your Santa Fe a MTH model?   Our Lionel has a closed passenger pilot.

 

FWIW there are some Lionel E6s on fleabay that are in another auction. If I understand correctly, you effectively pay a double (19%) buyer's premium on these...

Sam, those E units look familiar.   Hope they workout real good for you. Have met a new friend [far west of me] from this forum.

Key Model Imports CNW E3

Photo (c) 2015 Erik C Lindgren for Key Model Imports 

I would love to have the EMD e3 demo! Slant noses are cool!

 

 

Ya cain't beat an E5...

 

Rusty

No, it's a Lionel.

That's odd Mike.  The several Lionel's I've seen all had the closed pilot up front...

 

Aha - You're running yours backwards! 

I don't like to be predictable!  

 

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