MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS

November 19, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2025 Premier O Scale SD60E Diesel Locomotive in four Norfolk Southern liveries next Spring. These locomotives will feature authentic cab numbers and will be limited in production and expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in April 2025.

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PROTOTYPE HISTORY

The SD60E is the star of the Norfolk Southern Railway’s diesel rebuilding program, which it describes as “the ultimate in recycling.” In the road’s ex-Pennsy Juniata shops in Altoona, PA, more than 150 1980s-era EMD SD60s are being rebuilt into 21st-century locomotives.

Introduced in 1984, Electro-Motive’s SD60 was the first EMD diesel to incorporate computer technology, onboard diagnostics to aid the engineer, and the new model 710 diesel motor. The SD60E (E for “Enhanced”) program adds the major advances in locomotive technology in the ensuing three decades: improved crashworthiness, better fuel efficiency, lower emissions and a more user-friendly crew environment.

The most obvious change is the new Crescent Cab, designed in-house and named for the NS’s Crescent Corridor, an infrastructure project that speeds up traffic across 11 states from Louisiana to New York. Built for a post-caboose era when the entire train crew rides in the locomotive, the cab is “one of the roomiest ever built” according to NS, and incorporates a large sun visor, padded floor and ceiling, a desk for the conductor, an air-controlled stainless steel restroom, and improved crash protection.

Both the Veterans and the First Responders locomotives in M.T.H.'s lineup will include special cab chatter dialogue featuring audio from Wick Moorman, former CEO and current Chairman of the Board of Norfolk Southern. Accessible through the Proto-Sound 3.0 PFA feature, these special recordings can be accessed in Conventional Mode from any transformer with a whistle and bell button or via the M.T.H. DCS Digital Command System.

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