Diesel-Electric

Features
Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies
Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers
Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
Die-Cast Metal Chassis
(2) Cab Figures In A Unit
Directionally Controlled Headlights
Operating Smoke
RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles
Powerful 12-Volt 5-Pole Precision Skew-Wound Flywheel Equipped Motor In Each Unit
Locomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH Increments
Lighted Cab Interior
Illuminated Number Boards
Lighted Marker Lights
(2) Scale Kadee Compatible Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers On Each Unit
(2) User-Installed Kadee Couplers For Each Unit
On-Board DCC Receiver
Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves

Proto-Sound 3.0 equipped locomotives can be controlled in command mode with any DCC compliant command control system. While the user won't have access to all of the incredible features of Proto-Sound 3.0, independent control over the locomotive is possible. This means you can continue to use your existing DCC controller to independently control your other DCC equipped locomotives in addition to your Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive on the same track at the same time.

When using a DCC controller, the following Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive features are accessible:

F0 Headlight
F1 Bell
F2 Horn
F3 Start-up/Shut-down
F4 PFA
F5 Lights (Number Board)
F6 Master Volume
F7 Front Coupler
F8 Rear Coupler
F9 Forward Signal
F10 Reverse Signal
F11 Smoke On/Off
F12 Smoke Volume
F13 Grade Crossing
F14 Coupler Slack
F15 Extended Start-up
F16 Extended Shut-down
F17 Rev Up
F18 Rev Down
F19 Engine Sounds (On/Off)
F20 Single Horn Blast
F21 Coupler Close
F22 Feature Reset
F23 Idle Sequence 1
F24 Idle Sequence 2
F25 Idle Sequence 3
F26 One Shot Doppler (On/Off)
F27 Brake Sounds (On/Off)
F28 Cab Chatter (On/Off)
Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
Unit Measures:18” x 1 3/8” x 2 1/8”
Operates On 22" Radius Curves

HO-Gauge - Cheesie GP-35 Diesel Engine #3546

With a wave of consolidation behind it, North American railroading is once again a good business to be in. Freight traffic is booming. Locomotive orders are coming in at a solid pace from the Big Six roads that dominate rail transportation on the continent: Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific. And the two remaining diesel builders are locked in a battle to become the locomotive supplier for the 21st century. Caterpillarr-owned EMD, no longer a division of General Motors, is represented by the AC-traction-motored SD70ACe and its DC-traction sibling, the SD70M-2. General Electric's standard bearers are the EVOs, the Evolution Series ES44AC and ES44DC.

At the heart of the Evolution Series is a brand new prime mover, the turbocharged four-cycle, 12-cylinder GEVO-12. While producing the same 4400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder FDL-series predecessor, the GEVO-12 uses less fuel and spits out 40% fewer emissions. Each of its cylinders displaces 950 cubic inches, nearly three times as much as an entire Corvette V-8.

GE claims the EVOs are "the most fuel-efficient, most environmentally friendly diesel locomotives in history. If every freight train in North America were pulled by an Evolution Series Locomotive, the reduction of smog-producing pollutants would be like removing 48 million cars from the road each year." Everything about these locomotives has been examined, questioned, and re-thought, generating 25 new U.S. patents in the process. Before they went on sale in 2005, 52 preproduction units were tested in revenue service across the continent for more than a year. Every Big Six railroad has ponied up to buy the ES44, with the BNSF currently rostering the largest EVO fleet. Around the world, over 3,700 Evolution Series diesels are operating in 10 countries.

Like all M.T.H. locomotives, our new ES44AC offers HO scale's finest combination of detail, realism, and performance. Listen to the chant of an authentic GEVO-12 motor in the Proto-Sound 3 versions, and throttle down as low as three scale miles per hour so you can admire the details as the Evolution Series glides by: see-through fans and grilles, walkways with safety tread, flashing ditch lights, windshield wipers, body and truck air brake piping, and a host of other separately applied details. Activate the couplers from anywhere on the layout using any DCC controller or the DCS Digital Command System. For the ultimate in power and sound, operate these diesels in multiple-unit lashups under DCC, or DCS digital command control. If you're running under the M.T.H. DCS system, you can double- or even triple-head the ES44AC with virtually any combination of 3.0 locomotives.

Did You Know? Fully loaded, an Evolution Series diesel carries 5000 gallons of diesel fuel, 450 gallons of lube oil, and 400 gallons of cooling water.

Features

Detailed Body
Die-Cast Metal Chassis
Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers
RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles
Constant Voltage, Directional Headlights
Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
Detailed Truck Sides
Detailed Cab Interior
Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
(2) Scale Couplers
Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
Decorative Metal Horn
Sprung Drive Wheels
Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
Interchangeable Traction Tire-Equipped Drive Wheels
On-Board DCC Receiver
Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves
Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Freight Yard Proto-Effects
Unit Measures:10 9/16" x 1 7/16" x 2 3/16"
Operates On 18" Radius Curves