Atlas 30138339 AMTRAK PHASE VII GP38-2 PREMIER Blue/Red/Dark Blue #742 limited O Scale NEW

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Product Title: Atlas 30138339 AMTRAK PHASE VII GP38-2 PREMIER Blue/Red/Dark Blue #742 limited O Scale

Manufacturer: Atlas

Scale: O

Condition: Item Condition: C-10, Box Condition P-10

Operational Status: This item is assumed to be fully operational according to the manufacturer's specifications.

TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-10: Mint—Brand New: all original; unused and unblemished.

TCA Box Grading Standards: P-10: Mint—Brand New: Complete and all original as manufactured and unused.

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Manufacturer Information:

Produced from 1972 to 1986, the GP38-2 helped inaugurate Electro-Motives Dash-2 series of locomotives and became one of EMDs 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.

Features Include:

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
  • Metal Chassis
  • Metal Handrails and Horn
  • Moveable Roof Fans
  • Metal Body Side Grilles
  • Detachable Snow Plow
  • Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
  • Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers
  • O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlights
  • Lighted LED Cab Interior Light
  • Illuminated LED Number Boards
  • Lighted LED Marker Lights
  • (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
  • Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust
  • Playable Horn Sounds
  • Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable
  • 1:48 Scale Proportions
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 w/ The Digital Command System featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures: 15 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 4
  • Operates On O-31 Curves