MTH 30-21135-1 - EMD NW-2 Switcher Diesel Engine "Milwaukee Road" #667 w/ PS3

Product Description

Announced Date:

Nov 2022

Released Date:

Dec 2023

Individually Boxed:

No - 3 to a case

Road Name: Milwaukee Road

Road Number: 667

Product Line: RailKing Scale

Scale: O Scale

Features:

Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body

Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank

Metal Handrails and Horn

Colorful Paint Scheme

Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears

(2) Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers

Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting

Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlights

(2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors

Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

1:48 Scale Proportions

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

Unit Measures: 12 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 3 7/8

Operates On O-27 Curves 

Diesel DCC Features

F0 Head/Tail light

F1 Bell

F2 Horn

F3 Start-up/Shut-down

F4 PFA

F5 Lights (except head/tail)

F6 Master Volume

F7 Front Coupler

F8 Rear Coupler

F9 Forward Signal

F10 Reverse Signal

F11 Grade Crossing

F12 Clickety Clack (On/Off)

F13 Idle Sequence 4

F14 Idle Sequence 3

F15 Idle Sequence 2

F16 Idle Sequence 1

F17 Extended Start-up

F18 Extended Shut-down

F19 Rev Up

F20 Rev Down

F21 One Shot Doppler

F22 Coupler Slack

F23 Coupler Close

F24 Single Horn Blast

F25 Engine Sounds

F26 Brake Sounds

F27 Cab Chatter

F28 Feature Reset

Overview:

The NW2 was the big brother of the SW1 switcher. With a longer hood the NW2 housed a 12-cylinder diesel, twice as large as the prime mover in the SW1. The “N” in NW2 stood for nine hundred horsepower, the power output of the first Electro-Motive Corporation N-series switchers with Winton motors. Power increased to 1000 hp with the 1939 debut of the NW2, the first N-series locomotive with EMC’s new 567 diesel motor — the prime mover that would power nearly all of the most successful first-generation diesels. Within a few years, EMC and Winton Engine, which had been owned by GM since 1930, would become the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors.

EMD cataloged the NW2 for a decade, except for a hiatus in production from 1942-1945, ordered by the War Production Board. While rival manufacturers were asked to produce switchers, EMD was the only firm allowed to produce road diesels — a situation that, in retrospect, gave GM a commanding lead in the diesel revolution after the war.

By the end of NW2 production in 1949, over 1100 engines had been sold in the United States and Canada, and the hardy N-series switchers were ubiquitous from coast to coast. A popular, near-scale Lionel model ensured the engine was familiar to almost any boy who grew up in the 1950s.

An interesting variation was the “calf.” This cabless version was designed to be run in tandem with a normal NW2 for heavy-duty switching and transfer service between railroad yards. A number of railroads rostered TR2 cow-and-calf combinations, and the Chesapeake & Ohio owned two TR3 “herds” — a cow and two calves.

The NW2 returns to the RailKing lineup in 2023 with everything you need in a hard-working switcher: twin-motored pulling power down to 3 scale miles per hour, dual Proto-Couplers to drop off cars anywhere, and authentic EMD 567 sounds.

Did You Know?

The “W” in the NW and SW-series switchers stood for “welded,” to distinguish engines with welded frames from earlier models with cast steel frames made by General Steel Castings of Granite City, Illinois, a long-time supplier to the railroad industry.