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Atlas Master Line GP-40 Seaboard Coast LIne 1545 DC w/micro trains type coupler
$ 10.82
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This is what Spookshow.net has to say about this Model. This is a very smooth running DC version. DCC installation looks pretty simple.GP40-2 reviewed: 1/98 Model Railroader ("Modelers using DCC should be ecstatic with Atlas' decision to offer its new model of an EMD GP40-2 with the option of a factory-installed Digitrax Command Control decoder. Non-DCC users will also be pleased, as the smooth-running model features nice detail... Since the prototype GP40-2 had the same frame dimensions as the GP40, Atlas used the same drive and mechanism as its excellent GP40. Like the GP40, the Dash 2 is available with or without a dynamic brake blister atop the hood. The blister is the standard dynamic brake, not the extended-range dynamic brake that's used on some of the prototype locomotives. I was pleasantly surprised to note that the model's truck sideframes are molded in appropriate colors for their prototypes. Atlas also used two different styles of sideframes, matched to the proper prototype. Many GP40-2s rode on early GP ("Blomberg B") style trucks, as seen on the Conrail and GTW models. Other GP40-2s used the newer modified GP truck ("Blomberg M" as on the UP model). Made in China, the Atlas model is a bit of a hybrid, as it has the short (81"-long) nose used on prototype GP40-2s through 1976 (later engines had 88"-long noses). However, the model has the large front anticlimber and corrugated radiator grills found on the later Dash 2s. The paint on our samples was evenly applied and all were neatly lettered. Again, like the most recent Atlas releases, the GP40-2s come in two different road numbers with a third stock number that's painted and lettered with no numbers... A very nice touch is the factory applied numbers on the number boards. Under the hood the model offers the same motor and mechanism as the GP40. Several locomotives are offered with Digitrax decoders in place of the stock lighting circuit board... I tested both the standard and decoder-equipped models. Both performed flawlessly, and I was quite impressed by the incredible slow speeds the locomotive achieved. At higher speeds the locomotive was a little noisy, but in running other recent Atlas diesels I've found they get quieter over time... The model has a five-pole, skew-wound motor with a pair of turned-brass flywheels. With its 1.2 ounces of drawbar pull it should haul about 29 cars... All four axles are powered, and all wheels pick up electricity. The wheelsets were in gauge, but the flanges are deeper than NMRA RPs... Like its prototype, the Atlas GP40-2 offers advanced electronics and superior performance and opens up the joys of command control to N scalers without the need to modify the locomotive. Atlas has hit a home run with this model. B&M, CSX, Conrail, SP, UP, Alaska RR, FEC, GTW, Reading, WP. Price: .95 & 4.95")
Full disclosure on this. I picked this up in a group of locomotives that I recently bought. Other than a few laps on my layout it doesn't look like much. Sold as is. Any questions do hesitate to ask. Combined shipping available on all auctions. Thanks for looking and bidding, good luck!!!!!!!!