Gordon-
The
PhaseII radiators on the A units are like the early E7s. The E5
phases are coincident with E3 and E6 production features…essentially they are
stainless steel versions of those two models..
However,
we still don’t know what the E5B flush radiators are….at least I don’t not
having seen the picture that Bill Hirt referenced. I’ve looked at
lots of E3, E6 and E7 photos and never seen anything similar (except the
chicken wire radiator vents of the PhaseII E7A & B units…which I am not
sure is what the E5Bs have).
Thanks,
Charlie
Vlk
If you look
real close under magnification, you will see that the B unit rads are
curved with the roof line. The A units have the raised flat rads and are phase
I. The Bs had rads similar to the E7s. Now in Holcks vol I, page 71, you can
clearly see the phase II rads on both A units. In vol II, page 34 both photos
show phase I As, and clearly show the A and B differences. The bottom is
a I and II set. If you look at the pilots and buffers of those two lead
units and compare them to the top photo on page 35, you will see the
other difference between a I and II A
unit
On Fri, Mar 06,
2015 at 11:52 AM, William Barber clipperw@gmail.com [CBQ]
wrote:
Charlie,
Doing a quick check, the only photo of the top of an
E5B that I can find is on p. 103 of Zimmerman's Burlington Zephyrs book
showing an A-B-A E5 consist backing into Union Station in Chicago. It is not
great because it really isn't close enough to reveal the fine detail, but it
does provide a general view. In that view, comparing the B unit with the E5A
leading it, they look to be very similar in roof detail. I will keep looking.
A lot of photos have been taken from the Roosevelt Road bridge so it would
seem that someone must have taken a high level photo of these unique
locomotives.
Anther possibility might be a top view of an E4 or an
E6B. They may have been similar since they were built in the same general
timeframe. Of course, the first group of E5A's had different roof details than
the second group.
Thu
Mar 5, 2015 3:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
Speaking of taking pictures
from bridges...
Anybody ever get an overhead shot of the roof of an
E-5B?
The E5-Bs had
different radiator vents than either the Phase I or Phase II
E-5A units
(for what reason may be lost to history). None of the shots I
have seen
show enough detail to determine what was going on up there...it
may be just
chicken wire over the vents but it would seem logical that they
would need
some sort of regulation of the air flow just as much as the
A
units.
I would like to correct scale drawings for the units just
in case I can
convince somebody to make the A&B units in HO and Kato
the B unit in N..
Thanks,
Charlie Vlk