Description
A signature diesel for your HO railroad, the Walthers Proto GP9 Phase II with High Hood is a real workhorse! With revised tooling and road-specific details, the models are based on prototypes built from 1955 to 1957 (known to modelers and railfans as the “phase two” version), and many are still in service today.
Locomotive Features:
- Limited-edition – one time run of these road numbers
- Based on units in service from 1955 to the present
- Improved hood contours and Phase II detail
- Road-specific details
- Wire grab irons and lift rings
- 21mtc connector
- Warm white LED constant and directional headlights
- 14:1 helical gears for ultra-quiet and smooth running
- 5-pole, skew-wound, high-torque, high-efficiency can motor
- Easy multiple-unit operation
- Superb paint and lettering
- Heavy die-cast metal underframe
- Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
A great starting point for a custom-build, features of this model include:
- Dynamic w/48″ fan and nondynamic long hoods
- Single fuel filler on sill
- Drop steps
- Footboards
- 8 styles of MU stands and receptacles
- MU hose clusters front and rear
- Ratchet- and Peacock-style handbrakes
- Steam generator and piping
- Pyle (early and late) and Mars dual-sealed beam headlights
- See-through 36″ and 48″ fans w/separate blades
- Roof-mounted air tanks and piping (“torpedo tubes”)
- Rounded and Square winterization hatches
- Harco, C&O, Super lifting and non-lifting and N&W-style spark arrestors
- Folded-style cab window deflectors
- Canvas and metal sunshades
- Two all-weather cab windows
- Blomberg Type B sideframes w/separate swing hangers and brake cylinders
- Roller bearing, sloped, square and plain bearings
- Separate speed recorder and Automatic Train Stop (ATS) shoe
- Two styles of fuel tanks; 1200/600-gallon fuel and water and 1600-gallon
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