MTH HO SCALE 80-2344-1 ES44AC Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 - G.E. Evolution With Flashing Lights at WWW.PATSTRAINS.COM

MTH #80-2344-1 ES44AC Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 - G.E. Evolution With Flashing Underbody Charg

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 Intricately Detailed ABS Body Die-Cast Metal Chassis Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn Moveable Roof Fans Metal Body Side Grilles Detachable Snow Plow (2) Engineer Cab Figures Authentic Paint Scheme Metal Wheels and Axles RP25 Metal Wheels (2) Operating Kadee Compatible Remote Controlled Proto-Couplers (2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting Directionally Controlled Constant voltage LED Headlights Lighted Cab Interior Illuminated Number Boards Operating Ditch Lights Flashing Underbody Charging Lights Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Skew-Wound Balanced Motor Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments Onboard 28-Function DCC Receiver Operates On Code 70, 83 and 100 Track 1:87 Scale Proportions 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 Whistle/Horn F3 Start Up/Shut Down F4 Rear Coupler F5 Front Coupler F6 Engine Sounds On/Off F7 Sound Volume F8 Ditch Lights Auto/On/Off F9 Forward Signal F10 Reverse Signal F11 Grade Crossing Signal F12 Cab Light On/Off F13 Extended Start Up F14 Extended Shut Down F15 Rev Up F16 Rev Down F17 Coupler Slack Sound F18 Coupler Close F19 One-Shot Doppler F20 Feature Reset F21 Idle Sequence 1 F22 Idle Sequence 2 F23 Idle Sequence 3 F24 Ditch Lights Auto/On/Off F25 Brakes Auto/Off F26 Cab Chatter Auto/Off F27 Clickety-Clack Auto/Off F28 Coupler Slack Sound 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