Electro-Motive Division GP35 diesel locomotive
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin DCC plug, $219.98; with dual-mode ESU LokSound 5 decoder, $319.98.
Era: 1960s to 1980s (varies depending on scheme)
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Electro-Motive Division GP35 diesel locomotive features:
- Road-specific details
- See-through steps, radiator, and dynamic brake fans with etched brass grills
- Nose-mounted lever-style handbrake
- Front and rear (as appropriate) classification lights with separate clear lenses
- Photo-etched metal lift rings
- Detailed cab interior with crew figures
- Five-pole, skew-wound can motor
- Helical gears with 14:1 ratio
- Light-emitting-diode lighting
- RP-25 contour metal wheels
- Proto-Max metal couplers
Release date: Spring 2023
Road names: Great Northern (Omaha Orange and Pullman Green); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (pinstripe scheme); Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (black and white), Norfolk & Western (high short hood, dark blue with “hamburger” herald); Southern Pacific (scarlet and gray); and Southern Ry. (high short hood, “tuxedo” scheme). Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct current and Digital Command Control); also available undecorated (low and high short hood).
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