Description

Detailed Information

IC FEATURES:

Nose-mounted bell
Non dynamic
Nathan P3 horn
Can-type radio antenna

B&O FEATURES:

Rooftop mounted bell
Spark arrestors
Firecracker antenna
One of a kind: Only GP18 owned by the B&O

NW FEATURES:

Nose-mounted bell
Model set up for long hood forward operation per NW practice
Leslie RS5T horn
Dynamic brakes

BN FEATURES:

Early Cascade Green repaints
Details remain much the same as NP units with the exception being the addition of an all-weather window on the engineer’s side
Era early 1970s+

Still in its NP paint, this units features a BN patched road number
Era early 1970s+

Later BN paint version with Western-Cullen beacon and all-weather window
BN modified it to have a 5-step walkway, and removed the footboards
Era 1980s+

NP FEATURES:

Spark arrestors
Dynamic brakes
Steam engine-style Bell mounted on top of nose
Nathan P3 horn
Winterization hatch
Lifting lugs on pilot faces

NKP FEATURES:

Forward facing gyralight, flash effect on DCC+Sound
Forward facing 2-chime horn and rear-facing single chime horn
Cab sunshades
No dynamic brakes
Nose-mounted bell
Firecracker antenna

LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

Trainline and MU hoses
Coupler cut levers
Drop steps unless noted
MU stands
“Nub” style walkway tread
Bell placement & type per prototype
Wire grab irons
Lift rings
Windshield wipers
Sander lines
Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
See through cab windows and full cab interior
Etched metal radiator intake grilles and fan grilles
Air tanks mounted below sill unless noted
Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
Blomberg-B trucks with appropriate bearing caps
Speed recorder unless noted
Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
Accurately-painted and printed paint schemes
Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Bidirectional constant LED lighting so headlight brightness remains constant
Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
Packaging securely holds the model for safe storage
Replacement parts available
Minimum radius: 18”

PROTOTYPE INFO:

The EMD GP18 began production in late 1959 and was based on the builder’s extraordinarily successful GP9, although the latter model was still in production at the time. The GP18 is considered the last of the builder’s “first generation” models. Similar in appearance to the GP7 and GP9, the GP18 was slightly more powerful and came with the option of a low or high short cab hood, something that had only been upon special request with EMD’s first two road switcher models. It used the final version of General Motors first locomotive prime mover, the 16-cylinder model 567D1 which could produce 1,800 horsepower, the most powerful in the series up to that time. At just over 56 feet in length the GP18 was the same length as its predecessor models and was visually very similar, with the exception of new radiator grills which were also used on the GP20.

While thousands of GP7s and GP9s were produced just a few hundred GP18s were ultimately built for a little more than two dozen railroads. Today, several GP18s remain in operation on numerous shortlines and industrial operations around the country.