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HO R17 Subways Now In-Stock

Check Out It Out In Action In All-New Video

On June 1, 1940, the City of New York acquired the two subway systems it didn't already own — the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit Co.) and the BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp.) — and consolidated them with the city-owned IND (Independent Subway System). It was readily apparent that the city's fleet of aging subway cars was desperately in need of replacement, and immediately after World War II, management began to develop a new car that would be standard throughout the system and incorporate the latest advances in subway design. This effort was complicated by the fact that portions of the IRT had tighter clearances than the IND and BMT, so all future designs would incorporate a shorter, narrower IRT version.

Delivered in a maroon paint scheme, the R-17s were repainted in the MTA's new blue and silver colors in the 1970s. A less-than-successful white scheme, intended to discourage taggers, followed in the 1980s. And just a few years before their retirement in 1988, 16 cars were painted in the "fox red" used on the Redbird cars, although the R-17s were never officially part of the Redbird fleet.

FEATURES

Set Features

  • 4-Car Consist with (1) Powered Car, (3) Non-Powered Cars

    Powered Car Features

  • Intricately Detailed ABS Body
  • Metal Chassis
  • Detailed Car Undercarriage
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • RP25 Metal Wheels
  • (2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
  • Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Skew-Wound Balanced Motor
  • Onboard DCC Receiver
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Operates On Code 70, 83 and 100 Track
  • 1:87 Scale Proportions
  • Equipped With Proto-Sound 3.0 Featuring Station Stop Proto-Effects

    Non-Powered Car Features

  • Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • RP25 Metal Wheels
  • Detailed 4-Wheel Trucks
  • Overhead Constant Voltage LED Interior Lighting
  • (2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Detailed Car Interiors
  • Metal Chassis
  • Detailed Car Undercarriage

You can see it in action on video by clicking HERE.

Click HERE to learn more about these latest releases.

These limited production locomotives can be ordered for immediate delivery through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. Online Store.

It's Easy To Add WiFi To Your DCS Layout

Check Out The Quick Start Video

Click HERE To Learn More About DCS and WiFi Control


Hurry Before They're Gone, Just Five Or Fewer Of These HO Scale Items Remain In Stock

April 18, 2018 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer HO Scale items that are remaining in our onhand inventory. In many cases, these items will NOT be re-run in the future and these lists could be your last chance for ordering them before they're GONE FOR GOOD. Don't miss out on these items! Click on the product line link below and then any item number in the corresponding list to purchase that item from the M.T.H. Online Store or order directly from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

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