Description
Railroad Short Name: MNS
MNS Features:
- Flexicoil Trucks
- Firecracker antenna
- Small fuel tank
- MU hoses
- Hood-mounted handrails
- Dual Hancock Air Whistles
- Small plow on front
- Footboards on rear pilots
EMD Order #4506 consisted of a pair of SW1500s for shortline operator Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway. Constructed in 1966, the units were equipped with MU capability and were often found running together or with an SW1200.
Features:
- Lit ground lights
- Detailed cab interior
- Drop steps unless noted
- MU stands
- Dual exhaust stacks
- Printed numberboards
- Fine scale handrails
- Signal hoses as appropriate to the prototype road (MU capability was a railroad specified option for these locos, and some railroads did not order it).
- Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands
- Separately applied wire grab irons
- See-through radiator intake grille and cab windows
- Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype
- Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate
- Separately applied air tank
- McHenry® scale knuckle couplers – Kadee® compatible
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
- Improved 5-pole skew wound can motor with flywheels and multi-link drivetrain
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- Highly-detailed, injection molded body
- Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
- Minimum radius: 18”
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