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O FM Erie Built A/B Diesels SF/3.0

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Scale: 1/48In Stock: NoRelease Date: FEB25
MSRP: $1049.95Minimum Quantity: 1
 

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One of railroading’s most famous diesel locomotive
manufacturers, Fairbanks, Morse and Co., actually began life as an
engine builder for the U.S. Navy thanks to its revolutionary
opposed-piston diesel power plants first developed in the early 1930s.
By 1944, the company entered the locomotive business when its first
H10-44 diesel switcher rolled out of the FM shops destined for the
Milwaukee Road railroad.

Fairbanks Morse officials knew that real success in the
locomotive business would only come if the company could produce a road
cab engine and elected to use a Raymond Loewy carbody design to make
that goal a reality. Unfortunately, FM did not have the shop capacity
to produce the engine themselves so it was contracted out to General
Electric’s nearby Erie, Pennsylvania plant. Thus, FM’s first road cab
engine was dubbed the “Erie-Built” and made its debut in 1945. A total
of 111 of the 8,000 horsepower haulers were produced with the last
retired from the Kansas City Southern in 1966.

The Erie-Built marks M.T.H.’s fourth recreation of a Fairbanks
Morse locomotive following the Trainmaster, H10-44 Switcher and the
C-Liner. Like its Premier line predecessors, the Erie-Built, last
produced in 2004, offers the O Scale model railroad enthusiast
unmatched value thanks to the awesome sounds and features of
Proto-Sound 3.0, intricate body detail, crisp decoration and incredible
pulling power.

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Bodies
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
  • Metal Chassis
  • Metal Handrails and Horn
  • Moveable Roof Fans
  • Metal Body Side Grilles
  • (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
  • (2) Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
  • Lighted LED Cab Interior Light
  • Illuminated LED Number Boards
  • Lighted LED Front Marker Lights
  • (4) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
  • (2) Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust Units
  • Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • 1:48 Scale Proportions
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring
    Passenger Station Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures: 32 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ x 3 7/8″
  • Operates On O-42 Curves Diesel DCC Features
  • F0 Head/Tail light
  • F1 Bell
  • F2 Horn
  • F3 Start-up/Shut-down
  • F4 PFA
  • F5 Lights (except head/tail)
  • F6 Master Volume
  • F7 Front Coupler
  • F8 Rear Coupler
  • F9 Forward Signal
  • F10 Reverse Signal
  • F11 Grade Crossing
  • F12 Smoke On/Off
  • F13 Smoke Volume
  • F14 Idle Sequence 3
  • F15 Idle Sequence 2
  • F16 Idle Sequence 1
  • F17 Extended Start-up
  • F18 Extended Shut-down
  • F19 Rev Up
  • F20 Rev Down
  • F21 One Shot Doppler
  • F22 Coupler Slack
  • F23 Coupler Close
  • F24 Single Horn Blast
  • F25 Engine Sounds
  • F26 Brake Sounds
  • F27 Cab Chatter
  • F28 Feature Reset