Athearn Genesis MP15AC Locomotive 1556
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PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION * Accurately-painted and -printed paint schemes The EMD MP15 is a light road switcher that was built between 1974 * McHenry(R) scale knuckle couplers - Kadee(R) compatible and 1980. It came in two designs, the MP15DC and the MP15AC. It * Fully-assembled and ready-to-run was billed as replacement for the EMD SW1500 * Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more The MP15DC's standard Blomberg B trucks were capable of transition * Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined and road speeds up to 60 mph (97 km/h), allowing use on road flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain freights. Soon there was a demand for a model with an advanced AC * All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation drive system. The MP15AC replaced the MP15DC's DC generator * All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow with an alternator producing AC power which is converted to DC for * Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track the traction motors with a silicon rectifier. The MP15AC is 1.5 ft (457 * Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power mm) longer than an MP15DC, the extra space being needed for * Packaging securely holds model for safe storage the rectifier equipment. The alternator-rectifier combination is more * Replacement parts available reliable than a generator, and this equipment became the standard * Minimum radius: 18" for new diesel-electric locomotive designs. The MP15AC is easily distinguished from the DC models. Instead of the front-mounted radiator intake and belt-driven fan used on all previous EMD switchers, these have intakes on the lower forward nose sides and electric fans. Side intakes allowed the unit to take in cooler air, and the electric fans improved a serious reliability issue found in its earlier DC sisters. In the early 1970s railroads were starting to convert to AC power, the PRIMED FOR six largest buyers, Milwaukee (64), Southern Pacific (58), Seaboard GRIME Coast Line Railroad (45), Nacionales de Mxico (25), Long Island (23), and Louisville & Nashville (10), were all buying AC road locomotives. 36 more units were sold to 8 other customers. PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE * Duplicated look and feel of "In Service" equipment This information is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article "EMD MP15AC"; it is used un- * Faded base colors matched to the prototype der the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA https:// * Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CCBYSA). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA. PRIMED FOR GRIME $279.99 w/o SOUND | $384.99 w/ SOUND $269.99 w/o SOUND | $374.99 w/ SOUND Items listed are subject to cancellation if pre-order minimum production quantities are not met. These items are subject to Horizon's MAP policy VISIT Your Local Retailer CLICK Athearn.com CALL 1.800.338.4639
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