MTH 30-20189-1 Ontario Southern Railway GP7 Diesel Engine w/PS 3.0 #378 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Clearance

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This is MTH 30-20189-1 O-27 GP7 w/PS3, Ontario Southern Railway. GP-7 diesel engine with Proto-Sound 3.0, Ontario Southern Railway. Engine number: 378. Electro-Motive Division’s GP (for General Purpose) engines were the brainchild of project engineer Dick Dilworth. In the late 1940s, Dilworth saw that America’s 30,000 miles of main line rail had been virtually dieselized, but the 130,000 miles of secondary lines that carried half of the nation’s freight traffic were still largely steam powered. He viewed that as a huge marketing opportunity. In The Dilworth Story, a book published by Electro-Motive Division in 1954, Dilworth explained how he tried to meet that opportunity: In planning the GP, I had two dreams. The first was to make a locomotive so ugly in appearance that no railroad would want it on the main line or anywhere near headquarters, but would keep it out as far as possible in the back country, where it could do really useful work. My second dream was to make it so simple in construction and so devoid of Christmas-tree ornaments and other whimsy that the price would be materially below our standard main-line freight locomotives. Of course, Dilworth’s explanation conveniently ignored the fact that Alco’s arguably uglier RS-1 had introduced the road switcher concept eight years before EMD. And in one sense, Dilworth’s project was a failure. Railroads bought Geeps for mainline service and relegated older power to secondary lines as they had always done. But his brainchild became the runaway best-seller among first-generation diesel power. U.S. and Canadian railroads bought nearly 7,000 copies of the 1500 horsepower GP7, introduced in 1949, and the 1750 horsepower GP9, produced from 1954 through 1963. In those early days of diesel power, experienced engineers loved the Geep cab because, unlike the new streamliners, it felt like home to them. An engineer in a Geep running long hood forward sat near the back of the engine, looking out over the power plant – just as he had in a steam engine. Even running short hood forward, the engineer’s view was out past the engine’s nose, similar to a steamer. Adding a fully featured, scale-proportioned locomotive to your diesel roster has never been easier than with the RailKing Scale GP7. Our Geeps feature authentic first-generation diesel sounds including a single-chime air horn and the throb of an EMD 16-cylinder model 567 prime mover – so named because each of its cylinders displaced 567 cubic inches. Twin flywheel-equipped motors, Proto-Speed Control that provides steady speeds from three scale miles per hour to full throttle, and twin remote-control Proto-Couplers make our Geeps ideal for any chore from slow-speed switching to mainline hauling, just like the prototype. Did You Know? EMD ran a FTs-for-GPs trade-in program that often led the builder to use FT components in GPs, creating a 1350 horsepower hybrid locomotive, designated by an M after the engine name, as in GP7M or GP9M. Its key features are: Die-cast truck sides, pilots and fuel tank Colorful paint scheme Metal chassis Metal handrails and decorative horn Intricately detailed abs body Locomotive speed control in scale MPH increments Two precision flywheel equipped motors Two remotely controlled Proto-Couplers Metal wheels, axles and gears Directionally controlled headlights Operating smoke unit Proto-Sound 3.0 with The Digital Command System featuring: Freight yard Proto-Effects Unit measures: 14 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 Operates on O-31 curves Diesel DCC features: Headlight Bell Whistle/Horn Start up/Shut down Rear coupler Front coupler Engine sounds on/off Sound volume Ditch lights auto/on/off Forward signal Reverse signal Grade crossing signal Cab light on/off Extended start up Extended shut down Rev up Rev down Coupler slack sound One-shot Doppler Coupler close 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: 30-20189-1
Road Name: Southern Railway (SOU)
MSRP: $319.95

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Diesel Loco

The Trainz SKU for this item is P12098553.

Trainz Product Id: 12098553