HO - SP SD70Ace DAYLIGHT DIESEL LOCO DCC SOUND -MTH

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HO Scale Model Railroad Item 1/87th Scale Intended as an Adult Display Model - for Ages Over 18 MINT Finally the SD70Ace Has Arrived and is on our shelf for Delivery M T H PREMIERE HO Scale Loco with DCS and Sound S P SOUTHERN PACIFIC Part of the UNION PACIFIC Heritage Series SD70 Ace DIESEL Locomotive SOUTHERN PACIFIC HERITAGE SERIES Paint Version SD70ACe Diesel Engine Product Line: MTH HO Roadname: SOUTHERN PACIFIC The Cab number is the year it was acquired by the UP Cab No. 1996 Product Number: 80-2012-1 UP Heritage Fleet was a set of these locos painted for the Anniversary with the road number the year the UP acquired the line Powers that be at Union Pacific Railroad decided to have a "class photo" of their heritage fleet of locomotives in 2007. The paint schemes on this equipment is respectful to each "fallen flag" railroad which was merged into the Uniion Pacific system. They are Missouri Pacific, Western Pacific, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Chicago and NorthWestern, and Southern Pacific. This is New MTH HO Scale PREMIERE Item. This BRAND NEW has not been on a layout Product Details The SD70ACe is Electro-Motive Diesel's hope for the future. While designed to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's Tier-2 emissions requirements that took effect on January 1, 200 5, this replacement for the SD70MAC also has a higher purpose: to recapture the lead in North American locomotive sales that EMD lost to General Electric in 1987.Under the hood beats a third-generation model 710 diesel with 4300 horsepower; only slight modifications were needed to make the existing model 710 meet new emission standards. With 5000 such motors in service worldwide and a reputation for dependability, EMD reasoned that shop crews would prefer familiar technology.Other than the prime mover, however, virtually every element of the SD70ACe has been re-thought to create a 21st century locomotive. Ergonomics were a prime consideration. The engine's angular nose offers the crew far better visibility than most other locomotives, and the cab is comfortable for engineers of almost any size. Digital screens provide a range of information on what is happening both inside the locomotive and out on the road. The cab easily accommodates a crew of three - an important factor in a modern world without cabooses. And there is, of course, a cupholder for the engineer.The SD70ACe also offers, in EMD's words, "outstanding improvements in maintainability." All electrical wires are on the right side of the locomotive and all piping is on the left, with most pipes and wires routed under the frame so they can be serviced by a man standing outside the engine - rather than crawling around at the bottom of the engine room. And the time between service intervals has been doubled, from every three months to every six months.After a year of testing on the road and at the Association of American Railroads' test track in Pueblo, CO, the first SD70ACe's ('e" stands for "enhanced") were delivered to CSX Transportation in 2004. Today they are rostered by nearly every North American Class 1 railroad. At the present time, mainline American railroads generally maintain dual fleets of locomotives. AC power is used for heavy coal hauling and hotshot intermodal traffic because AC traction motors offer higher starting tractive effort with the same horsepower. Less expensive, traditional DC power is used for more mundane duties. But with the SD70ACe, Electro-Motive hopes it may have the 21st Century successor to its 1949 Geep - a locomotive that can be nearly all things to all railroads.New for 2008, M.T.H. introduces the SD70ACe as our first HO scale diesel, offered in a large variety of accurate paint schemes including the six-engine Union Pacific heritage fleet. Each one-of-a... read more

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