Union Pacific HO Scale MTH HO ES44AC Diesel Engine (DCC Ready)
Overview
With a wave of consolidation behind it, North American railroading is once again a good business to be in. Freight traffic is booming. Locomotive orders are coming in at a solid pace from the Big Six roads that dominate rail transportation on the continent: Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific. And the two remaining diesel builders are locked in a battle to become the locomotive supplier for the 21st century. Caterpillarr-owned EMD, no longer a division of General Motors, is represented by the AC-traction-motored SD70ACe and its DC-traction sibling, the SD70M-2. General Electric's standard bearers are the EVOs, the Evolution Series ES44AC and ES44DC.
At the heart of the Evolution Series is a brand new prime mover, the turbocharged four-cycle, 12-cylinder GEVO-12. While producing the same 4400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder FDL-series predecessor, the GEVO-12 uses less fuel and spits out 40% fewer emissions. Each of its cylinders displaces 950 cubic inches, nearly three times as much as an entire Corvette V-8.
GE claims the EVOs are "the most fuel-efficient, most environmentally friendly diesel locomotives in history. If every freight train in North America were pulled by an Evolution Series Locomotive, the reduction of smog-producing pollutants would be like removing 48 million cars from the road each year." Everything about these locomotives has been examined, questioned, and re-thought, generating 25 new U.S. patents in the process. Before they went on sale in 2005, 52 preproduction units were tested in revenue service across the continent for more than a year. Every Big Six railroad has ponied up to buy the ES44, with the BNSF currently rostering the largest EVO fleet. Around the world, over 3,700 Evolution Series diesels are operating in 10 countries.
Like all M.T.H. locomotives, our new ES44AC offers HO scale's finest combination of detail, realism, and performance. Admire the details as the Evolution Series glides by: see-through fans and grilles, walkways with safety tread, operating ditch lights, windshield wipers, body and truck air brake piping, and a host of other separately applied details.
Did You Know? Fully loaded, an Evolution Series diesel carries 5000 gallons of diesel fuel, 450 gallons of lube oil, and 400 gallons of cooling water.
Features
- Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis
- Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
- Metal Handrails and Horn
- Moveable Roof Fans
- Metal Body Side Grilles
- Detachable Snow Plow
- (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Metal Wheels and Axles
- RP25 Metal Wheels
- (2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers
- (2) Operating Kadee-Compatible Remote Controlled Proto-Couplers
- Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
- Directionally Controlled Constant voltage LED Headlights
- Illuminated LED Number Boards
- Operating LED Ditch Lights
- Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel-Equipped Skew-Wound Balanced Motor
- Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
- Operates On Code 70, 83 and 100 Track
- 1:87 Scale Proportions
- Unit Measures:10 9/16" x 1 7/16" x 2 3/16"
- Operates On 18" Radius Curves