MTH 20-20413-1 Burlington Northern GP-30 Diesel Engine w/PS3.0 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Clearance

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This is MTH 20-20413-1 O GP-30 w/PS3, BN. GP-30 diesel engine with Proto-Sound 3.0, Burlington Northern. Cab numbers: 2200, 2213 & 2215. According to EMD’s normal naming practice, the new engine should have been called the GP22 – but that hardly sounded competitive with the U25B. So the marketing department dubbed the new model the GP30, claiming it had 30 distinct improvements over the GP20. In fact, the GP30 turned out to be an excellent locomotive. During a production run of just over two years, from July 1961-November 1963, 948 units were sold to railroads across America, nearly double the quantity of U25Bs sold during six years of production. Although slightly less powerful, the Geep was a known quantity, with an engine and other parts familiar to virtually every railroad’s maintenance department. Advertised by EMD as a combination high speed and heavy drag locomotive, the GP30 immediately took over from first generation diesels as premier mainline freight power. Although bumped to lesser service by more powerful engines later in life, many served over four decades, considerably longer than the expected service life of a diesel. Some railroads, like the Burlington Northern and Chessie System, operated rebuild programs that upgraded old GP30s to higher specs and kept them running late into the 20th century. Its key features are: Two remotely controlled Proto-Couplers 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 cab interior Lighted marker lights Two engineer cab figures Spinning roof fans Metal body side grilles Operating smoke unit Metal wheels, axles and gears Locomotive speed control in scale MPH increments Proto-Scale 3-2 3-rail/2-rail conversion capable Proto-Sound 3.0 with The Digital Command System featuring: Freight yard Proto-Effects Unit measures: 15 x 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 Operates on O-31 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 Forward signal Rear coupler 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 Smoke on/off Smoke volume

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

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 20-20413-1
MSRP: $479.95

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Diesel Loco

The Trainz SKU for this item is P12098558.

Trainz Product Id: 12098558