O MTH Santa Fe FM Erie Built AB Diesel/3.0 20-21854-1

Santa Fe O Scale Premier FM Erie Built AB Diesel Set w/Proto-Sound 3.0

One of railroading’s most famous diesel locomotive manufacturers, Fairbanks, Morse and Co., actually began life as an engine builder for the U.S. Navy thanks to its revolutionary opposed-piston diesel power plants first developed in the early 1930s. By 1944, the company entered the locomotive business when its first H10-44 diesel switcher rolled out of the FM shops destined for the Milwaukee Road railroad.

Fairbanks Morse officials knew that real success in the locomotive business would only come if the company could produce a road cab engine and elected to use a Raymond Loewy car body design to make that goal a reality. Unfortunately, FM did not have the shop capacity to produce the engine themselves, so it was contracted out to General Electric’s nearby Erie, Pennsylvania plant. Thus, FM’s first road cab engine was dubbed the “Erie-Built” and made its debut in 1945. A total of 111 of the 8,000 horsepower haulers were produced with the last retired from the Kansas City Southern in 1966.

The Erie-Built marks M.T.H.’s fourth recreation of a Fairbanks Morse locomotive following the Trainmaster, H10-44 Switcher and the C-Liner. Like its Premier line predecessors, the Erie-Built, last produced in 2004, offers the O Scale model railroad enthusiast unmatched value thanks to the awesome sounds and features of Proto-Sound 3.0, intricate body detail, crisp decoration and incredible pulling power.

Features:

• Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Bodies
• Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
• Metal Chassis
• Metal Handrails and Horn
• Moveable Roof Fans
• Metal Body Side Grilles
• (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures
• Authentic Paint Scheme
• Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
• (2) Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers
• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
• Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
• Lighted LED Cab Interior Light
• Illuminated LED Number Boards
• Lighted LED Front Marker Lights
• (4) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
• (2) Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust Units
• Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• 1:48 Scale Proportions
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Passenger Station Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures: 32 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ x 3 7/8″
• Operates On O-42 CurvesDiesel DCC Features
• F0 Head/Tail light
• F1 Bell
• F2 Horn
• F3 Start-up/Shut-down
• F4 PFA
• F5 Lights (except head/tail)
• F6 Master Volume
• F7 Front Coupler
• F8 Rear Coupler
• F9 Forward Signal
• F10 Reverse Signal
• F11 Grade Crossing
• F12 Smoke On/Off
• F13 Smoke Volume
• F14 Idle Sequence 3
• F15 Idle Sequence 2
• F16 Idle Sequence 1
• F17 Extended Start-up
• F18 Extended Shut-down
• F19 Rev Up
• F20 Rev Down
• F21 One Shot Doppler
• F22 Coupler Slack
• F23 Coupler Close
• F24 Single Horn Blast
• F25 Engine Sounds
• F26 Brake Sounds
• F27 Cab Chatter
• F28 Feature Reset

Roadname: Santa Fe
Cab/Car Number: A Unit – 90, B Unit – 90B
Scale: O Scale
Product Type: Diesel/Electric Locomotive
Product Line: Premier