Athearn Covers Your Commuter Needs

F59PHI Locomotives

The EMD F59PH1 was first built in 1994 and is a mainstay of modern commuter rail services across North America.  The locomotive is powered by a 3,200 horse power prime mover and features a streamlined composite carbody for lighter weight and easy access for maintenance. Units feature head end power units to provide power to the passenger cars in tow. The F59PH1 is capable of speeds of 110 MPH, but is currently limited due to shared trackage and track limitations.

Features:

• Snowplow
• Separately applied scale handrails
  
• See through radiator fans
  
• Dynamic brake
  
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
  
• Painted and printed for realistic appearance
  
• Highly detailed, injection molded body
  
• See-through cab windows
  
• Separately-applied horn
  
• Frame-mounted bell
  
• Quick Plug plug and play technology
  
• DCC ready with both 8 and 9 pin connector
  
• Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains consistent
  
• Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
  
• McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
  
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
  
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
  
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
  
• 5-pole skew wound motor with precision-machined flywheels and multi-link drive train for trouble free operation
  
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 75, 83, 100 rail
  
• Minimum radius: 18"

Bombardier Commuter Cars

In 1975 Bombardier teamed with Toronto's GO Transit to design a bi-level commuter coach capable of carrying 130 passengers. Two years later, the first of these cars went into service and GO Transit continues to have the largest fleet with over 300 cars. In 1989, Tri-Rail, serving Miami, began service with leased GO cars and later bought 26 cars. That same year a set of GO equipment made a demonstration tour. The tour was a success as Southern California's Metrolink started service in 1992 and has the second largest fleet of 122 cars.

Since then, San Diego's Coaster, West Coast Express in Vancouver, BC., Altamont Commuter Express in California, Seattle's Sounder, and Trinity Railway Express serving Dallas and Fort Worth have all acquired fleets of the cars. In addition, two Sounder train sets have been leased to Virginia Railway Express.

Athearn has made a change for this release. There are six schemes and each has a 3 Coach Set, a single Coach and a Cab Control Car available. This allows the modeler to build a 5 car consist in one order.

Features:

• See-through windows
• Window glazing
• Detailed interior
• Diaphragms
• Separately-applied grab irons
• Cab cars also include horn and bell
• Bombardier trucks with outside brakes
• Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Separately applied brake wheel
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Multiple road numbers
• Machined metal wheels
• Weighted for trouble free appearance
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 75, 83, 100 rail
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Minimum radius: 18"
• Recommended radius: 22"

Reservations Due By: July 18, 2013

Expected Release: March 2014