Electro-Motive Division GP7 from Athearn Genesis
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector, $219.99; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $319.99. Add $10 for Primed for Grime models.
Era: 1949+ (varies on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Electro-Motive Division GP7 features:
- Body-mounted McHenry knuckle couplers
- See-through cab windows and full cab interior
- Fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
- Bell placement & type per prototype
- “Nub” style walkway tread
- Etched metal radiator intake grilles and fan grilles
- Air tanks mounted below sill unless noted
- 5-pole skew wound motor
- All-wheel drive with all-wheel electrical pickup
- Light-emitting diode lighting
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Road number specific details
Release date: December 2023
Road names: Conrail (blue with “Can Opener” logo in one road number, without in two road numbers); Maine Central (gold in one road number and “simplified” green paint scheme in two road numbers); Reading (dark green); Santa Fe (blue and yellow, and B-unit in one road number); Western Pacific (gray and orange). Three road numbers unless otherwise noted.
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