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Features
- Road-Specific Detailing
- Five-Pole Skew-Wound Armature Motor
- 14:1 Gear Ratio for Easy Multiple Unit Operation
- Machined Brass Flywheels
- All-Wheel Drive
- Precisely Meshed Helical Gears for Silent Running
- Constant & Directional Headlights
- Heavy Die Cast Chassis for Maximum Traction
Specs
- Life-Like-Proto Product Number: 41560
- Walthers Product Number: 920-41560
- Walthers Catalog: 2015 HO, page 66
Includes
- Proto MAX(TM) Metal Knuckle Couplers
- Soundtraxx(R) Tsunami(R) Sound for DCC & DC Layouts
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By the mid 50s, increasing pressure from long-haul trucks, declining passenger revenues and mounting costs forced western railroads to find new ways to improve service. Faced with expensive overhauls of early cab and hood unit diesels, many began looking at new equipment as well as ways to improve existing motive power. In 1955 Union Pacific equipped several GP9s with turbochargers as an experiment. Their success inspired EMD to create its own turbocharger for the 567 prime mover, leading to the introduction of the six-axle SD24 in 1958. Further experiments in 1959 created a four-axle version, dubbed the GP20.