Name: Athearn ATHG13342 GP15-1 MP Missouri Pacific #1555 DCC &amp; Sound HO Scale Outlet Top Quality
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Athearn Genesis ATHG13342 GP15-1 MP Missouri Pacific #1555 DCC & Sound HO Scale

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MP FEATURES:

Operating class lights
Newly tooled MP style “solid” handrails and pilots (Not shown on art)
Dual spark arrestors
Small EMD plows on both ends
Single Firecracker antenna

The mid 1970s saw many railroads rebuilding their first generation GP7 and GP9 locomotives. Recognizing this, EMD seized on it by offering the GP15-1 allowing railroads to purchase a new locomotive that reused components from traded-in GP7s and GP9s while receiving tax advantages making the GP15-1 competitively priced with rebuilding old geeps. The Missouri Pacific liked the idea and the first 20 GP15-1s, road numbers 1555-1574, would arrive in June and July 1976 on the railroad. Mopac used the GP15-1 across the entire system like the utilitarian GP7 it replaced, and it quickly found a home on branchlines, local and Traveling Switch Engine (TSE) service, yard switching, and as extra power for mainline trains. The Mopac would ultimately have 160 on the roster with an additional 30 GP15ACs, accounting for over half of the 372 GP15-1s and varieties built with Conrail’s 100 being a distant second.

ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:

#1555

No front pilot stripe
blue patch with MP logo on cab
mixed bearings on Blomberg B trucks

#1562

Front pilot stripe
blue patch with MP logo on cab
Blomberg M trucks

#1572

Early as-delivered paint
No front pilot stripe
C&EI logo on cab
Blomberg M trucks
all blue handrails (no white ends)

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 MP

Scale HO

Sound Tsunami2

Sub Brand GENESIS

Athearn ATHG13342 GP15-1 MP Missouri Pacific #1555 DCC & Sound HO Scale Outlet Top Quality

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