PROTOTYPE INFO:

   In 1949, EMD introduced the GP7. The basic design followed most diesel switchers with the addition of a short hood instead of an end-cab. The hoods were also full height to better accommodate the diesel engine and mechanical and electrical

components.
   In 1954 EMD upgraded the GP7 to become the 1,750 horsepower GP9. Externally, the first GP9s were virtually unchanged from the last GP7s. Later versions would include different louver arrangements and the last ones would come without the

frame skirting. The GP9 was available with all of the fuel tank, steam generator, and dynamic brake options as the GP7, including “torpedo boats.”



LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
• Front and rear MU catch boxes with footboard
• Trainline and MU hoses
• Coupler cut levers
• Drop steps unless noted
• MU stands
• “Nub” style walkway tread
• Bell placement & type per prototype
• Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
• Wire grab irons
• Lift rings
• Windshield wipers
• See through cab windows and full cab interior
• Etched metal radiator intake grilles and fan grilles
• Air tanks mounted below sill unless noted
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
• Blomberg-B trucks with appropriate bearing caps
• Sander lines
• Speed recorder unless noted
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with both 8- and 9-pin connector
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately-painted and printed paint schemes
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
• Wheels with   RP25    contours operate on  all  popular brands of  track
• Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
• Bidirectional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains constant
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Packaging securely holds    for   the   model for   safe    storage
• Replacement parts available
• Minimum radius: 18”

SOUND EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:
• Onboard DCC   decoder with   SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
• Sound units   operate in both   DC  and  DCC
• Full    DCC   functions available when   operated in DCC   mode
• Engine, horn,    and  bell   sounds work   in DC
• All   functions NMRA compatible in DCC   mode
• Excellent Slow  speed    control
• Operating lighting functions with   F5  and/or    F6
• Program a multiple unit   (MU)    lashup    with   lead   unit   only   horn,    bell,   and  lights
• Many functions can  be  altered via  Configuration Value    (CV)   changes
• CV   chart    incl

Detailed Information
BN FEATURES:

    All have slightly different road number specific detail
    Body phase per prototype
    Winterization hatch
    Hyatt axle bearing caps

#1741    A former Northern Pacific late geep that was part of BN’s early chop-nose program. Adding to the character of this unit are the NP frame mounted lifting lugs, no anticlimber, five-step stepwells, forward fuel fill, dynamic brakes and four 36” fans.

We also went the extra mile to add the NP unique bonus grab on the rear.

#1774    A graduate of the Great Northern. The GN ran their early geeps long hood forward and the BN didn’t bother to change that. This engine retains it’s long hood mounted bell and the five-step stepwells that the GN added in the late fifties. The BN

modified angular side sills are represented. Sometime in the seventies this old girl lost her front snow plow (remember-long hood forward?) but retains the plow on the short hood end.

#1861    looks, at first glance, like a standard NP torpedo boat geep painted black and green. But wait, it has four exhaust stacks and the now BN standard five-step stepwells. Don’t forget the NP unique bonus grab on the front and rear.

#1922    A former NP phase 3 unit without dynamic brakes. It has the standard NP style frame mounted lift lugs, cab roof beacon, five-step stepwells, nose mounted bell and the NP bonus grab on the front and rear.