MTH 20-2973-1 Seaboard FT ABA Diesel Engine Set w/PS 2.0 #4016/4019/4116 – Model Train Junction: Quality Parts and Art Supplies

This is an MTH 20-2973-1 Seaboard FT ABA Diesel Set – With PS2. The EMD-built FT freight diesel was born in November 1939 in the La Grange, IL, General Motors plant. Number 103, the four-unit FT demonstrator, didn’t take any baby steps. It immediately started an 11-month, 35-state tour, logging 83,764 miles on 20 Class I railroads. Wherever it went, the FT beat the railroads’ best steam engines at every task. By the end of the tour, steam was, for all practical purposes, dead. As famed Trains magazine editor David P. Morgan later put, the FT was the diesel that did it. The FT demonstrator was made up of four units, each with a 16-cylinder engine that hammered out 1350 horsepower. The demonstrator’s combined rating of 5400 hp was similar to that of many superpower steam engines, but the FT made far more efficient use of its power. The A units at either end were 48’3” long and the cabless B units were 48’1” in length. Initially, EMD built FTs in semi-permanently coupled A-B pairs, but the A-B-A arrangement was an alternative. Redesigned Blomberg trucks on the FT include separately-applied truck springs, air brake cylinders, air lines, and speed recorder cable. Modular molds enable models to have the correct roof fans, horns, grab irons, and headlight and number board placement for each individual road name. End and pilot details include added-on hoses. Paint colors are accurately researched. We think you’ll agree that our upgraded F-units set a new standard of detail and accuracy for 3-rail carbody diesels.
Did You Know? The original FT demonstrator was sold to the Southern Railway and soldiered on for 20 more years. The lead unit, Southern #6100, is today a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, preserved at the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis. Features include: Die-Cast Truck Sides and Fuel Tank, Moveable Roof Fan Blades, Metal Body Side Grilles, Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies, Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears, Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank, Metal Chassis, Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn, (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors In Each A Unit, Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments, Lighted Cab Interiors, Illuminated Number Boards, Lighted Marker Lights, (2) Engineer Cab Figures In Each A Unit, (2) Operating Smoke Units, (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers, Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Freight Yard Proto-Effects, Unit Measures:38 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 3 3/4, Operates On O-31 Curves.

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 20-2973-1
Road Name: Seaboard Air Line (SAL)
MSRP: $699.95

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Diesel Loco

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11450978.

Trainz Product Id: 11450978