[CBQ] Re: E-unit M-U connections

[William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com>]

Rupert,

The small door adjacent to the headlight where the painted grills were, housed the 27 point electrical jumper cable connection. The MU air connections were the small diameter pipes added just above the anti climber (immediately above the pilot) on the right side of the front of the locomotive. 

Bill Barber

Gravois Mills, MO

  

On Nov 4, 2013, at 5:00 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Re: E-unit M-U connections

Sun Nov 3, 2013 12:47 pm (PST) . Posted by:

"Rupert & Maureen" gamlenz

On page 12 of Bulletin number 10, alongside the first photo is a note that
the nose MU was added to the E-5's in the mid-1950's, and on page 14 the
texts reads -

Originally the E-7's ran back-to-back as two-unit locomotives, since
multiple unit connections were not added until the late Fifties and early
Sixties. The small doors on the nose behind the painted "grills" housed
connections for the electro-pneumatic brake system with which all Q E-units
were equipped for Zephyr service.

Sorry I can't be more explicit.

Rupert Gamlen

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