MTH 20-21565-1 - GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine "Toledo Peoria & Western" w/ #900 PS3 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains

Product Description

Announced Date:

Oct 2021

Released Date:

July 2022

Individually Boxed:

No - Two to a case.

Road Name: Toledo Peoria & Western

Road Number: 900

Product Line: Premier

Scale: O Scale

Estimated Release: Feb 2021

Formerly 20-209TPW900-1

Features:

Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body

Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank

Metal Chassis

Metal Handrails and Horn

Moveable Roof Fans

Metal Body Side Grilles

Detachable Snow Plow

(2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures

Authentic Paint Scheme

Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears

(2) Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers

O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads

Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting

Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlights

Lighted LED Cab Interior Light

Illuminated LED Number Boards

(2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors

Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust

Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable

1:48 Scale Proportions

Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects

Unit Measures: 14 3/4" x 2 1/2" x 4 5/16"

Operates On O-42 Curves 

Diesel DCC Features

Headlight/Taillight

Bell

Horn

Start-up/Shut-down

Passenger Station/Freight Yard Announcements

Lights (except head/tail)

Master Volume

Front Coupler

Rear Coupler

Forward Signal

Reverse Signal

Grade Crossing

Idle Sequence 3

Idle Sequence 2

Idle Sequence 1

Extended Start-up

Extended Shut-down

Rev Up

Rev Down

One Shot Doppler

Coupler Slack

Single Horn Blast

Coupler Close

Engine Sounds

Brake Sounds

Cab Chatter

Feature Reset

Smoke On/Off

Smoke Volume

Overview:

Produced from 1963 to 1966, the GP35, along with its six-axle SD35 sibling, marked both an end and a beginning. They were the last road diesels to use the EMD 567 motor that had powered switchers, F-units, and Geeps since 1939 (so named because each cylinder displaced 567 cubic inches). For the horsepower race of the 1960s, EMD tweaked the 567 to a turbocharged V-16 delivering 2500 hp. That was it for the 567, however, and in 1966 the baton was passed to the more powerful model 645. But while the "35 line" diesels ushered out an old motor, they inaugurated a new look. Their angled cab roofs and the clean, squared-off lines of their car bodies established the look of EMD power for the next three decades.

Introduced to compete with General Electric's landmark U25B, which had ushered in the second generation of diesel power, the GP35 outsold the "U-Boat" nearly three to one. There was a strong market for new power in the mid-1960s because the first-generation diesels that had vanquished steam were wearing out. While first-generation rosters had often been a hodgepodge of manufacturers and models as railroads experimented with the new technology, by 1960 Alco, EMD, and GE were the only manufacturers left standing - and Alco would soon throw in the towel. As a result, virtually every major U.S. railroad became a GP35 customer, and over 1300 engines were sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

While our Premier model is not the first O gauge version of this second-generation pioneer, it offers the best combination of detail, realism, and performance of any 1/48 scale GP35. Added-on detail parts include windshield wipers, metal see-thru body grilles, lift rings, metal grab irons and handrails, see-thru rooftop fan housings, and brake cylinders, air pipes, and swing hangers on our super-detailed Blomberg trucks. And in command mode with the DCS system, you can create a lashup combining one or more GP35s with other Proto-Sound 3.0 or Proto-Sound 2.0 first- or second-generation power, and run them from a single throttle just like the prototype.