Available Items

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Alaska

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Alaska

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Erie Lackawanna

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Erie Lackawanna

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Missouri Pacific

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Missouri Pacific

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Pennsylvania

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O Scale Premier GP-35 Low Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Pennsylvania

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O Scale Premier GP-35 High Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Norfolk & Western

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O Scale Premier GP-35 High Hood Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • Norfolk & Western

2021 Premier O Scale GP-35 Diesel Locomotives Announced

October 5, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing five Premier O Scale GP-35 Diesel Locomotives in select liveries beginning early next year. Each of these unique schemes will be available in two cab numbers. The locomotives should begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in February 2022.

Produced from 1963 to 1966, the GP35, along with its six-axle SD35 sibling, marked both an end and a beginning. They were the last road diesels to use the EMD 567 motor that had powered switchers, F-units, and Geeps since 1939 (so named because each cylinder displaced 567 cubic inches). For the horsepower race of the 1960s, EMD tweaked the 567 to a turbocharged V-16 delivering 2500 hp. That was it for the 567, however, and in 1966 the baton was passed to the more powerful model 645. But while the "35 line" diesels ushered out an old motor, they inaugurated a new look. Their angled cab roofs and the clean, squared-off lines of their car bodies established the look of EMD power for the next three decades.

Introduced to compete with General Electric's landmark U25B, which had ushered in the second generation of diesel power, the GP35 outsold the "U-Boat" nearly three to one. There was a strong market for new power in the mid-1960s because the first-generation diesels that had vanquished steam were wearing out. While first-generation rosters had often been a hodgepodge of manufacturers and models as railroads experimented with the new technology, by 1960 Alco, EMD, and GE were the only manufacturers left standing - and Alco would soon throw in the towel. As a result, virtually every major U.S. railroad became a GP35 customer, and over 1300 engines were sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Check out each of the schemes in the list on the left.

Product Features

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
  • Metal Chassis
  • Metal Handrails and Horn
  • Moveable Roof Fans
  • Metal Body Side Grilles
  • Detachable Snow Plow
  • (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
  • O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlights
  • Lighted LED Cab Interior Light
  • Illuminated LED Number Boards
  • (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
  • Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust
  • Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable
  • 1:48 Scale Proportions
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures: 14 3/4” x 2 1/2” x 4 5/16”
  • Operates On O-42 Curves Diesel DCC Features
  • Headlight/Taillight
  • Bell
  • Horn
  • Start-up/Shut-down
  • Passenger Station/Freight Yard Announcements
  • Lights (except head/tail)
  • Master Volume
  • Front Coupler
  • Rear Coupler
  • Forward Signal
  • Reverse Signal
  • Grade Crossing
  • Idle Sequence 3
  • Idle Sequence 2
  • Idle Sequence 1
  • Extended Start-up
  • Extended Shut-down
  • Rev Up
  • Rev Down
  • One Shot Doppler
  • Coupler Slack
  • Single Horn Blast
  • Coupler Close
  • Engine Sounds
  • Brake Sounds
  • Cab Chatter
  • Feature Reset
  • Smoke On/Off
  • Smoke Volume