Add classic diesel power to your HO roster in minutes with WalthersMainline F7 diesels! Introduced in 1949 as railroads began dieselizing with a vengeance, they were equally at home in freight or passenger service. Delivered in a rainbow of color schemes for nearly every railroad in America, where many served into the 1970s.

Ready to take on any assignment on your HO railroad, features of the WalthersMainline F7 include:

• Prototypes in freight and passenger service from 1949 to the 1980s

• Colorful paint and lettering schemes

• Factory-installed handrails

• Available with ESU Sound for DCC and DC layouts featuring:

- 4 function outputs with brightness control by CV

- Fully DCC compatible

- 14, 28, 128 speed steps

- Dual mode DC & DCC

- 4 air horns changeable by CVs

- 2 bells changeable by CVs

- Full 8-notch prime mover sounds

- Compressor

- Dynamic brake

- Multiple realistic lighting effects

• Same powerful drive as WalthersProto locos featuring:

- Five-pole skew-wound motor

- 14:1 gear ratio

- Helical-cut gears for quiet, easy multiple unit operation

- All-wheel drive & electrical pickup

- Dual machined brass flywheels

- Heavy die cast metal chassis

- Constant & directional lights

- Dual machined brass flywheels

• 21-pin plug on Standard DC models for easy DCC conversion

• Correct size RP-25 metal wheels