Uncataloged O Scale RailKing NW-2 Diesel Locomotives Announced

February 4, 2023 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced two uncataloged RailKing O Scale NW-2 Diesel Locomotives in Monon and Louisville & Nashville liveries for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Mr. Muffin's Trains of Atlanta, IN. These locomotives will be produced in very limited quantities, each in two cab numbers, on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in May 2023.

Item No. 30-21142-1 Monon NW-2 Switcher Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 15
Pre-Order Price: $339.95 (plus freight)
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Item No. 30-21143-1 Monon NW-2 Switcher Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 16
Pre-Order Price: $339.95 (plus freight)
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Item No. 30-21144-1 Louisville & Nashville NW-2 Switcher Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 2203
Pre-Order Price: $339.95 (plus freight)
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Item No. 30-21145-1 Louisville & Nashville NW-2 Switcher Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 2204
Pre-Order Price: $339.95 (plus freight)
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ABOUT THE NW-2 DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE

The NW2 was the big brother of the SW1 switcher. With a longer hood, the NW2 housed a 12-cylinder diesel, twice as large as the prime mover in the SW1. The "N" in NW2 stood for nine hundred horsepower, the power output of the first Electro-Motive Corporation N-series switchers with Winton motors. Power increased to 1000 hp with the 1939 debut of the NW2, the first N-series locomotive with EMC’s new 567 diesel motor — the prime mover that would power nearly all of the most successful first-generation diesels. Within a few years, EMC and Winton Engine, which had been owned by GM since 1930, would become the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors.

EMD cataloged the NW2 for a decade, except for a hiatus in production from 1942-1945, ordered by the War Production Board. While rival manufacturers were asked to produce switchers, EMD was the only firm allowed to produce road diesels — a situation that, in retrospect, gave GM a commanding lead in the diesel revolution after the war.

By the end of NW2 production in 1949, over 1100 engines had been sold in the United States and Canada, and the hardy N-series switchers were ubiquitous from coast to coast. A popular, near-scale Lionel model ensured the engine was familiar to almost any boy who grew up in the 1950s.

ORDER DIRECTLY FROM:

Mr. Muffin's Trains
165 E. Main St.
Atlanta, IN 46031
765-292-2022
Email: mrmuffin@mrmuffinstrains.com
www.mrmuffinstrains.com

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