EMD GP9 Phase II - Standard DC -- Chicago & North Western™ #4557

A signature diesel for your HO railroad, the WalthersProto GP9 Phase II with High Hood is a real workhorse! With revised tooling and road-specific details, the models are based on prototypes built from 1955 to 1957 (known to modelers and railfans as the "phase two" version), and many are still in service today. Features of the models include:

• Limited-edition - one time run of these roadnumbers
• Based on units in service from 1955 to the present
• Improved hood contours and Phase II detail
• Road-specific details
• Wire grab irons and lift rings
• 21mtc connector
• Warm white LED constant and directional headlights
• 14:1 helical gears for ultra-quiet and smooth running
• 5-pole, skew-wound, high-torque, high-efficiency can motor
• Easy multiple-unit operation
• Superb paint and lettering
• Heavy die-cast metal underframe
• Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers

 

 
Chicago & North Western(TM)
 

 

• Short hood forward operation

 

• Non-dynamic brake long hood with 36" radiator fans and rooftop access hatches

 

• Simplified skirt with single fuel filler, drop step, plain pilots

 

• Late Pyle dual sealed-beam headlights

 

• Brass Nathan P5 air horn

 

• Brass firecracker antenna

 

• Operating Warn-A-Lite 851 beacon

 

• Separately applied windshield wipers

 

• Ratcheting lever handbrake

 

• Modernized uncoupling lever

 

• 1600-gallon fuel tank

 

• Engineer's side all weather window

 

• Fireman's side etched-metal cab sunshade

 

• Pilot-mounted plow p front

 

• Short MU stands