MTH Electric Trains brings the sights and sounds of the New York City Subway to HO scale with this R17 Subway set. The model features the firm’s Digital Command System (DCS) and Proto-Sound 3.0 sound system that both operate on DCS, Digital Command Control (DCC), and direct-current (DC) layouts. Check out this exclusive Model Railroader demo of the MTH subway’s key features.
Video: MTH HO scale R17 New York Subway set
By Angela Cotey | February 21, 2017
| Last updated on November 17, 2020
The HO scale New York City R17 Subway set includes the MTH Digital Command System and Proto-Sound 3.0 system
Good looking but totally wrong sound. Electric motors, air compresor, air dryer, etc. Not a diesel. Trailer cars are nice, but I don’t care for the blocked out windows on power car. How about lights on rear trailer car? Diesel engine sound killed it for me.
What, no graffiti? Way to nice looking!
What was that thudding sound from the train supposed to be? Not an air compressor. Not the grind of gears from the traction motor. More that one car powered? So sound from only one? Looks pretty, but operations don’t match appearance.
Sounds diesel to me. NYC subway cars have little to no equipment sounds when idle……….i rode them for 30 years.
For one thing the Number 5 subway does not run to South Ferry, and is powered electrically thus there is very little noise coming from the electric motor.
I wish someone would come out with a realistic subway train with doors that open most of the time , stations that smell like a locker room and wheels that screech on the curves like in the day. And lest I forget graffiti and station announcements that sound like the Charlie Brown teacher.
Man, do I ever have to agree with Daniel. If someone would come out with CTA cars I’d start another layout.
I wish someone would come out with cars made for the Chicago CTA (or RTA or CSL). There is a lot of interurban, elevated and subway history to deal with here.
Cool detail. I do have to ask though, the prototype is electric correct?
Leave it to Mikey’s Toy Trains to get a wrong sound from an electric train. Guess only the powered car has the light arrangement as I didn’t notice any lights on the rear car. As they say on a certain program: “Come on, man!”