Athearn Genesis ATHG13340 GP15-1 CR Conrail Operation Lifesaver #1662 DCC & Sound HO Scale

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CR FEATURES:

Operating class lights
Leslie 3-chime horn
Small EMD plow
Front ditch lights
Single large Sinclair antenna

Conrail ordered 100 GP15-1s in 1979. Intended for secondary and branch line trains, they featured snowplows on both ends for bidirectional use. Signal boxes were also standard equipment, allowing the GP15s to be used for road service when required. Most survived till the end of Conrail in 1998. They then joined the NS and CSX locomotive fleets with many retaining their Conrail blue and white paint with NS or CSX patches.

ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:

#1645

Small “Quality” logo
Hyatt bearings
small EMD plow on both ends
front ditch lights

#1662

“Operation Lifesaver” logo
Hyatt bearings
small EMD plow on front end
ditch lights on both ends

#1667

Large “Quality” logo
Timken bearings
small EMD plow on both ends
front ditch lights

GP15 SERIES LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

Operating Class Lights (DCC only)
Operating Number boards

GENESIS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

Coupler cut levers
MU hoses
Trainline hose
See-through cab windows
Full cab interior
Walkway tread
Windshield wipers
Lift rings
Wire grab irons
Sander lines
DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes
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
LED Lighting for trouble free operation
Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
Packaging securely holds the model for safe storage
Minimum radius: 18” — Recommended radius: 22”

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE

Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
Dual cube speakers for optimal sound quality
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
Precision slow speed control
Program a multiple unit (MU) lash up with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
CV chart included in the box

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

The EMD GP15-1 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1976 and March 1982. Intended to provide an alternative to the rebuilding programs that many railroads were applying to their early road switchers, it is generally employed as a yard switcher or light road switcher. A total of 310 units were built for American railroads. A number of GP15-1s remain in service today for yard work and light road duty.

EMD built 28 examples of a variant, the GP15T, between October 1982 and April 1983. It was a very close cousin to the GP15-1, but used a turbocharger in order to generate more power from a smaller engine.

Specifications

Axles 4

DCC Equipped

Era 1991-2009, 2010-Present Day

Lighted LED

Lighting LED

Lights LED

Prototype Manufacturer EMD

Reporting Mark Conrail

Scale HO

Sound Tsunami2

Sub Brand GENESIS

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