M.T.H. non-powered Ready-2-Rail F-3 A Unit diesel locomotives are to complement the powered F-3 A Unit diesels featured in the 2013 HO Catalog. Like the powered units, the non-powered versions will be available in New York Central, Union Pacific and Santa Fe liveries each sporting a different cab number than their powered cousins.

The EMD F-unit, built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, was "the diesel that did it" - vanquished the steam engine from American railroads.

In 1939-40, a quartet of F-units barnstormed across 35 states, logging 83,764 miles on 20 railroads and proving once and for all that diesels were the wave of the future. One of EMD's largest customers was the Pennslvania Railroad. On Pennsylvania mainlines from the east Coast to Chicago, new EMD diesels displaced the Pennsy-designed steamers that had been the symbols of the "P Company." While other diesel manufacturers competed with EMD, the various versions of the ubiquitous F unit - FT, F3, and F7 - became the icons of the diesel revolution.

Features

•Intricately Detailed ABS Body
•Metal Chassis
•Authentic Paint Scheme
•Metal Wheels and Axles
•RP25 Metal Wheels
•(2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers
•Operates On Code 70, 83 and 100 Track
•1:87 Scale Proportions