WalthersProto HO EMD GP7
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct current with factory-installed speaker and 21-pin DCC plug, $219.98; with dual-mode ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $319.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
WalthersProto HO EMD GP7 features:
- Body-mounted Proto-Max metal couplers
- Constant, directional warm white light-emitting diode headlights
- Etched-metal lift rings
- Factory-installed 28mm round speaker in both DC and DCC versions
- Five-pole skew-wound can motor
- Heavy, die-cast metal frame
- Wire grab irons
Release date: Available now
Road names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chinese Red and gray); Algoma Central (maroon, gray, and yellow); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (bookend scheme); Chesapeake & Ohio (blue and yellow); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange and black); Northern Pacific (black, yellow, and red); Rock Island (red, black, and white); and Wabash (gray, blue, and white). Four road numbers per paint scheme (two each in DC and DCC); also available undecorated.
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