Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division NW2
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with Next18 DCC plug, $154.98; with dual-mode ESU Sound & DCC, $209.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division NW2 features:
- Dual tall conical exhaust stacks
- Factory-installed grab irons on hood and cab
- Large center cab windows
- Louvered radiator grills
- Prototype-specific headlights (three styles)
- Proto-Max metal couplers
- RP-25 contour metal wheels
- Same drive as WalthersProto locomotives
- Single, straight hood-to-cab transition
- Six louvered side doors with letterboard gap
- Small front radiator grill
- With or without footboards as appropriate
Release date: Available now
Road names: Great Northern (Omaha Orange and Pullman Green simplified scheme), Baltimore & Ohio (blue and yellow), St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco, Mandarin Orange and white), Indiana Harbor Belt (orange and Brunswick Green), Penn Central (black and white), and Rock Island (red and yellow). Four road numbers per scheme. Also available painted yellow and black but unlettered and undecorated.
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