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May 4, 2023 - HO Scale
Walthers Proto - HO Scale - EMD E8 - E9 Diesel Locomotives
Dear HO Scale Customers;
Walthers Proto has announced the EMD E8 - E9 Diesel Locomotives
Southern Railway - E8
- Nathan five-chime (all forward) air horn
- Single horizontal sealed-beam headlight
- Working backup light
- Flush number boards
- Removed skirts
- Freight pilot
- Southern-style MU bracket
- 4-hose MU set at left & right
- Photo-etched E8A-style Farr air grilles
- Dynamic brake with 48" fan
- Winterization hatches w/levers
- Single offset steam generator
- Rooftop air reservoirs w/piping
- Round spark arrestors
- Rectangular air vent
- Roller bearing sideframes
- Wheel slip hubs
- Speed recorder
- Southern-style left & right water tanks
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy - E9
- NEW - 24" cab wind deflectors (2)
- Brass Leslie S-2M air horn (two forward)
- Upper & lower twin sealed-beam headlights
- Flush number boards
- Removed skirts
- Real metal finish simulates stainless steel side panel
- Passenger pilot w/modeler-applied doors
- Nose-mounted walkway
- Photo-etched E9-style Farr air grilles
- Working backup light
- Dual steam generators
- Winterization hatches w/levers
- EMD round exhaust stacks
- Round cab vent
- Roller bearing sideframes
- Speed recorder
Baltimore & Ohio - E8
- NEW - 21" cab wind deflectors (2)
- Brass Nathan 5-Chime Air Horn (all forward)
- Whip-type radio antenna w/wire conduit
- Flush number boards
- Full skirts
- Passenger pilot w/modeler-applied doors
- 4-hose MU set at left
- Single MU box on left
- Photo-etched E8-style Farr air grilles
- Working backup light
- Single steam generator
- Winterization hatches w/levers
- Square spark arrestors
- Roller bearing sideframes
- Speed recorder
- Automatic Train Stop shoe
Power your HO railroad's flagship streamliners with these superb replicas of EMD's famed E8 and E9 diesels. Introduced in 1948 with the new 567B prime mover, production contiued until 1954 when the virtually identical E9 was introduced with the more powerful 567C prime mover. Powerful, reliable and economical, EMD E units handled premiere long-distance trains for decades, with many ending their long careers in commuter service and ocassionally handling fast freight trains.
Fully assembled and ready for service, features include:
- Available with LokSound 5 for DCC or DC layouts
- Road- & era-specific details
- Matching A-A or A-B as appropriate & individual A units
- Rugged & reliable WalthersProto drive
- 21-pin DCC plug
- Formed wire grab irons & handrails
- Photo-etched lift rings
- Cab interior w/seats & figures
- All-wheel drive & electrical pickup
- Constant & directional LED lights
- Correct size RP-25 metal wheels
- Proto MAX metal knuckle couplers
Order Due Date: June 30, 2023
Anticipated Delivery Date: December 2024
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