Atlas (Master) has announced new GP39-2 Phase II Diesel Locomotives

PROTOTYPE INFORMATION:

The GP39-2 was offered by EMD as a fuel-efficient alternative to their very popular GP38-2 model. This efficiency resulted from the use of a turbocharged 12-cylinder 645E3 diesel engine, as opposed to the non-turbocharged 16-cylinder prime mover in the GP38-2. The use of a turbocharger increased the horsepower output from 2,000 to 2,300hp with four fewer cylinders. One other benefit of the turbocharger is improved operation at higher altitudes where thin air causes normally-aspirated diesels to lose power and produce excess smoke. The largest original fleet of GP39-2s was assembled by the Santa Fe who, over the course of seven years, acquired a total of 106 units.

MASTER MODEL FEATURES:

• Golden-white LEDs

• Painted safety rails

• Directional lighting

• Blackened metal wheels

• Scale Speed™ motor

• Factory-installed AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers

• Atlas Master® Gold version features ESU LokSound Decoder

• For the first time ever, the Atlas Master® Silver version is Sound Ready and equipped with speaker for easy conversion to DCC sound.

Silver Sound Ready™

Atlas Silver Sound Ready models are equipped with a speaker for easy conversion to sound with the addition of a decoder.

ANALOG (DC) OPERATION FEATURES:

• Please note that the Atlas Quantum Engineer will NOT operate an Atlas Gold Series locomotive equipped with a LokSound Select decoder on an analog (DC) layout. However, the sound and lighting functions of the LokSound Select decoder in the Atlas Gold Series GP39-2 locomotive can be controlled by an easy-to-use basic DCC system

• Also note that on a DC-powered layout, a DCC and sound equipped locomotive (such as the Atlas Gold Series GP39-2) CANNOT be consisted with another locomotive that does not also have both DCC and sound. (This statement does NOT apply to DCC-equipped locomotives operating on a DCC layout.)

DCC Operation Features GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):

• Supports all DCC-programming modes

• DCC includes RailCom and RailComPlus, with 14, 28 or 128 speed steps and with 2-digit and 4-digit addressing.

• Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.

• A total of 6 DCC function outputs are available, and all can be function mapped (disable, brightness, light effects) individually

• Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.

ESU LokSound Features (GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):

• Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.

• There are up to 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user selectable synchronized brake squeals.

• Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.

• Equipped with ESU's Exclusive "Full Throttle" features for ultimate realism in prototype running.

Order Due Date: October 23, 2019

Anticipated Delivery Date: June 2020