My holy grail MTH premiere Long Island GP-38 Red wave

My friend Locolawyer has one and it is an eye catcher.  He also has the hard to find non powered unit.

Very nice. Enjoy your new find.

Glad you like it Jim. That was the first of our exclusive MTH LIRR series. Ne xt was the MP15' then the GP 38 w/o the strip and soon the C-Liner. Thanks for your support!

 

Hard to find non-powered unit... "Holy Grail 2: it follows..."?

always nice to read posts like this. congrats!

As noted above, this uncataloged engine was a Nassau Hobby exclusive. Based on memory only (I am not presently at home), I believe, was offered with two different powered unit cab numbers, #258 and 261. I have cab number 261. The non powered unit which does have operating headlights, has cab number 266. 

 

JJMMagoo,

Are you sure yours is the MTH Premier that was offered by Nassau Hobby. Yours has cab number 269, which I don't think was a cab number offered by NH. Moreover, your unit says Long Island on the side, and I am very certain that the one I have does not  state a  railroad name. It's possible you could have added a decal to it as some who purchased it had that done. 

 

This is an interesting situation.  May be Charlienassau can shed some light on this. 

 

Erol Gurcan

Chief Legal Counsel for Nassau Hobby and friend of charlienassau

The engine was released by MTH w/PS1. Also, notice the M on the side? MTH lost the license that's why you see it on earlier MTH LIRR products and not on current ones.

 

Sunrise

What's up next? How about a special run of Blue Wave or Blue/Yellow C-420's from Lionel?

 

Maybe a Blue/Yellow MTH GP38?

You are correct sun-rise.  I also have a MP-15 from Nassau hobbies and these two engines are the pride of my fleet.  This is from MTH catalog number 20-2226-1.
I now have three locomotives all from MTH and are with the Long Island Railroad.  My kids are ecstatic! 

Charlie if I remember about a year you had one left and I was about to pull the trigger and someone else swooped in and purchased your last red wave.  I have been on the hunt since.  A few have shown up on eBay and I just decided I can't wait anymore.  Really happy with this engine!


Thanks everyone!!!

This is the PS1 version. A great find indeed! It has the correct MTA logo, and striping. The NH one has PS2 and correctly omits the dynamic brake blister and "Long Island" on the side (which I prefer it having - even if not on the prototype), but no MTA logo and thin black lines (not on the prototype) separating the stripes. The blue wave that NH did was almost perfect as the MTA logo (easily remedied with a decal) was the only thing noticeably different (to me, anyway) from the prototype. I also remember the blue wave more vividly as they phased out the red, white, and blue scheme when I was a little kid. However, the red stripe does make it much more eye-catching. K-line made it in both conventional and with TMCC, they are very nice looking engines, and also becoming difficult to come by.

Congrats on your new engine JJMMagoo! Definitely one of my favorites!

-Tom

Sorry, I thought you had the one released by Nassau.  

I saw this model on the layout of the NLOE and I was blown away.  Since than I searched and had no idea what I was looking for.  Now that I have accumulated some knowledge and a fan of MTH I had to jump on this.  I think the version Nassau Hobby came out with recently was going my fall back but it sold out by the time I had the funds.  Thank you everyone for all your kind words.  Now I need to expand my layout!  Haha

Well done details on the cab. Cool

Gary

• Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway

Not any more that is a full PS-3 upgrade:-)  G

 

GGG does great work! He has fixed some of my engines and each time with excellent results. That makes your engine perfect! Enjoy it!

I love threads like this. There's nothing like finding that one elusive item.

 

 

We still have a couple of "Blue Wave" PS3 GP-38's left in stock