MTH 30-20159-1 MARS-M&M Galloping Goose Diesel with Proto-Sound 3.0 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Trains

Description

This is MTH 30-201591 MARS-M&M GALLOPING GOOSE. Galloping goose diesel with Proto-Sound 3.0, M&Ms. Like the doodlebugs before them and the RDC (Rail Diesel Car) after them, the Rio Grande Southern’s Galloping Geese were a cheap way to provide passenger service. Cobbled together in the early 1930s by a railroad on the verge of bankruptcy, the Geese replaced steam-powered passenger trains and enabled the RGS to provide passenger and tourist service in the Colorado Rockies until it closed in 1952. The poor condition of RGS track gave the Motors, as they were officially called, the galloping gait that prompted their nickname. Goose No. 7, the last Goose built, was constructed in 1936 with a 1926 Pierce-Arrow body for passengers, a Ford V-8 engine, and a homebuilt box in the back for mail and express freight. Like Geese 3, 4, and 5, after World War II her freight body was converted to provide additional tourist seating. No 7 continued in tourist work until the RGS ceased operations. She survives today in operational condition at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

In 2013 the Galloping Goose returns to the RailKing line in a variety of liveries. With the extraordinary sounds and slow-speed capabilities of Proto-Sound 3.0, you can recreate the honk of the Goose’s horn and its daily struggle to lift a train that weighed 10 tons, fully loaded, over the Rockies with only an ancient, clattering automobile engine.

Its key features are:
Intricately detailed ABS body
Die-cast truck sides
Metal chassis
Colorful paint scheme
Metal wheels, axles and gears
Prototypical Rule 17 lighting
Directionally controlled constant voltage LED headlights
Precision flywheel equipped motor
Onboard DCC receiver
Near scale sizing
Locomotive speed control in scale MPH increments
Proto-Sound 3.0 with The Digital Command System featuring: station stop Proto-Rffects
Unit measures: 11” x 2” x 2 1/2”
Operates on O-27 curves

Diesel DCC features:
Headlight/Taillight
Bell
Horn
Start-up/Shut-down
Proto-Effect 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
Coupler close
Single horn blast
Engine sounds
Brake sounds
Cab chatter
Feature reset
Idle sequence 4
Clickety clack (on/off)

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

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 30-20159-1
Road Name: M&Ms
MSRP: $299.95

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Diesel Loco

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11977527.

Trainz Product Id: 11977527