
S NW-2 Diesel LV #127/3.0
While Electro-Motive’s FT road diesel is celebrated as “the
diesel that did it” – vanquished the steam engine from American
railroads – the lowly switch engine had quietly started the diesel
revolution decades before. Compared with the 0-4-0, 0-6-0 or 0-8-0
steamers they replaced, the new end-cab diesel switchers were cleaner
and quieter, started up almost instantly, and offered 360-degree
visibility in the chaos of the rail yards and industries where they
worked – not hard for an engineer to get used to.
Introduced in 1939, the same year as the FT, the NW2 was the
latest evolution of Electro-Motive’s line of dependable, hard-working
yard goats. The “N” in NW2 stood for nine hundred horsepower, the power
output of the first Electro-Motive Corporation N-series switchers with
Winton motors. The “W” indicated a welded frame.
Power increased to 1000 hp with the debut of the 12-cylinder
NW2, the first N-series locomotive with EMC’s new 567 diesel motor –
the prime mover that would power nearly all of the most successful
first-generation diesels. Within a few years, EMC and Winton Engine,
which had been owned by GM since 1930, would become the Electro-Motive
Division of General Motors. By the end of NW2 production in 1949, over
1100 engines had been sold in the United States and Canada, and the
hardy N-series switchers were ubiquitous from coast to coast.
The NW2 joins our S Gauge lineup for the first time in 2019,
offering everything you need in a hard-working switcher: precision
flywheel-equipped motor, metal chassis and traction tires for great
pulling power; cruise control for steady speeds down to 3 scale miles
per hour; authentic EMD 567 prime mover sounds; and superb detailing
that includes separately applied door handles, air brake piping and
metal handrails.
- Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
- Intricately Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
- Metal Chassis
- Metal Handrails and Horn
- (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
- Supplied With Optional Drop-in Code 110 Scale Wheel Sets
- (2) Operating S-Gauge Couplers
- (2) Kadee-Compatible S Scale Couplers
- S Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
- Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
- Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
- Illuminated LED Number Boards
- Lighted LED Marker Lights
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor
- Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
- 1:64 Scale Proportions
- Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring
Freight Yard Proto-Effects - Unit Measures: 9 1/4″ X 1 15/16″ X 2 3/4″
- Operates On 20″ Radius 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 Clickety Clack (On/Off)
- F13 Idle Sequence 4
- 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
Description
While Electro-Motive’s FT road diesel is celebrated as “the
diesel that did it” – vanquished the steam engine from American
railroads – the lowly switch engine had quietly started the diesel
revolution decades before. Compared with the 0-4-0, 0-6-0 or 0-8-0
steamers they replaced, the new end-cab diesel switchers were cleaner
and quieter, started up almost instantly, and offered 360-degree
visibility in the chaos of the rail yards and industries where they
worked – not hard for an engineer to get used to.
Introduced in 1939, the same year as the FT, the NW2 was the
latest evolution of Electro-Motive’s line of dependable, hard-working
yard goats. The “N” in NW2 stood for nine hundred horsepower, the power
output of the first Electro-Motive Corporation N-series switchers with
Winton motors. The “W” indicated a welded frame.
Power increased to 1000 hp with the debut of the 12-cylinder
NW2, the first N-series locomotive with EMC’s new 567 diesel motor –
the prime mover that would power nearly all of the most successful
first-generation diesels. Within a few years, EMC and Winton Engine,
which had been owned by GM since 1930, would become the Electro-Motive
Division of General Motors. By the end of NW2 production in 1949, over
1100 engines had been sold in the United States and Canada, and the
hardy N-series switchers were ubiquitous from coast to coast.
The NW2 joins our S Gauge lineup for the first time in 2019,
offering everything you need in a hard-working switcher: precision
flywheel-equipped motor, metal chassis and traction tires for great
pulling power; cruise control for steady speeds down to 3 scale miles
per hour; authentic EMD 567 prime mover sounds; and superb detailing
that includes separately applied door handles, air brake piping and
metal handrails.
- Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
- Intricately Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
- Metal Chassis
- Metal Handrails and Horn
- (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
- Supplied With Optional Drop-in Code 110 Scale Wheel Sets
- (2) Operating S-Gauge Couplers
- (2) Kadee-Compatible S Scale Couplers
- S Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
- Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
- Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
- Illuminated LED Number Boards
- Lighted LED Marker Lights
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor
- Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
- 1:64 Scale Proportions
- Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring
Freight Yard Proto-Effects - Unit Measures: 9 1/4″ X 1 15/16″ X 2 3/4″
- Operates On 20″ Radius 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 Clickety Clack (On/Off)
- F13 Idle Sequence 4
- 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