MTH 20-20207-2 O Scale NYC & Atlantic GP38-2 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sounds 3.0 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Trains

Description

This is MTH 20-20207-2 O Scale NYC & Atlantic GP38-2 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sounds 3.0 #270. Produced from 1972 to 1986, the GP38-2 helped inaugurate Electro-Motive’s Dash-2 series of locomotives and became one of EMD’s all-time best sellers. With over 2200 engines sold throughout North America, rare was the railroad that did not roster these reliable, second-generation EMD workhorses.

Building on the success of the GP38 introduced in 1966, the Dash-2 model looked almost identical on the outside but incorporated a host of internal upgrades that lowered exhaust emissions and improved reliability, ease of maintenance, and tractive effort. Most significant was the replacement of the maze of hard-wired circuits, switches, interlocks, and relays – which had characterized first-generation diesels and had been the source of many of their service issues – with modular, solid-state electronics. Other improvements toughened the pistons, rings, and bearings of the 2000-horsepower, non-turbocharged model 645 prime mover.

The result was an engine so hard working and dependable that it became as common on American railroads as the F-unit was in the 1950s and ’60s. Trains magazine recognized this in 1982 by designating B&O GP38 (a pre-Dash-2 model) as the All American Diesel; the engine resides today in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, repainted in its 1982 Chessie System colors. Many GP38-2s have soldiered on for more than three decades and remain in service today on short lines and regional railroads.

While our Premier model is not the only O gauge version of this second-generation stalwart, it offers the best combination of detail, realism, and performance of any 1/48 scale GP38-2. Added-on detail parts include windshield wipers, metal see-thru body grilles, lift rings, metal grab irons and handrails, and see-thru rooftop fan housings, as well as 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 GP38-2s with other Proto-Sound 3.0 first- or second-generation power – and run them all from a single throttle just like the prototype.

Its key features are:
Metal chassis
Two precision flywheel equipped motors
Illuminated number boards
Intricately detailed ABS body
Directionally controlled headlights
Die-cast truck sides, pilots and fuel tank
Authentic paint scheme
Metal handrails and decorative horn
Lighted marker lights
Two engineer cab figures
Moveable roof fan blades
Metal body side grilles
Operating smoke unit
Metal wheels, axles and gears
Lighted cab interior
Locomotive speed control in scale MPH increments
Proto-Scale 3-2 3-rail/2-rail conversion capable
1:48 scale proportions
Kadee compatible coupler mounting pads
Proto-Sound 3.0 with the Digital Command System featuring: freight yard Proto-Effects
Unit measures: 15 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 4
Operates on 31 radius curves

Diesel DCC features:
Headlight
Bell
Whistle/horn
Start up/shut down
Rear coupler
Front coupler
Engine sounds on/off
Sound volume
Forward signal
Reverse signal
Grade crossing signal
Cab light on/off
Extended start up
Extended shut down
Rev up
Rev down
Coupler slack sound
Coupler close
One-shot doppler
Feature reset
Idle sequence 1
Idle sequence 2
Idle sequence 3
Brakes auto/off
Cab chatter auto/off
Clickety-clack auto/off

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 20-20207-2
Road Name: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
MSRP: $449.95

Scale/Era: O Scale 2 Rail
Model Type: Diesel Loco

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11680065.

Trainz Product Id: 11680065