In
the mid-eighties, GO Transit was looking to replace its aging
locomotive fleet with a specially designed locomotive that
could meet the growing demands for service across the Greater
Toronto Area. The locomotive needed to be able to quickly
accelerate while pulling up to 10 of the new BiLevel coaches.
In close consultation with GO Transit, GMD developed the F59PH.
It is equipped with a turbocharged 12-cylinder two-stroke
diesel prime mover (12-710G3A), a full-width North American
comfort cab, with HEP provided by a smaller 600hp GM
8-cylinder diesel.
Due
to the success of the locomotives with GO Transit, Metrolink
in California placed an order for 22 F59PHs, which were
delivered between 1992 and 1993. In the mid-2000s, GO would
begin retiring part of their fleet which saw many of these
locomotives sent to other commuter agencies across North
America.
Model
Information
Features
Include:
Scaled
from field measurements and blueprints
Unique
F59PH body and details — First time in N!
Incredible
underbody detail including separate piping
Separate
wire grab irons
Working
headlight, ditch lights and marker lights
Lit
American-style red marker lights housings per prototype
Accurate
F40PHM-2 sounds on sound-equipped models
Will
operate smoothly on DC and DCC layoutsv
FIRST
TIME IN N SCALE — COMPLETE WITH DCC AND SOUND
FROM THE FACTORY
THE
NEW WAVE OF PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVES EQUIPPED WITH
A 710 PRIME MOVER
MATCHING
BILEVEL COMMUTER CARS TO COMPLETE YOUR PASSENGER
TRAIN CONSISTS
Road
Name
Road
#
Picture
Control
MSRP
OUR
PRICE
PART
#
Altamont
Commuter Express (ACE / San Jose)
3107
DC/DCC
READY
$159.95
$135.96
RAP-519001
$256.45
$229.46
RAP-519501
3109
DC/DCC
READY
$159.95
$135.96
RAP-519002
$256.45
$229.46
RAP-519502
Agence métropolitaine
de transport (AMT / Early / Montréal)
526
DC/DCC
READY
$159.95
$135.96
RAP-519003
$256.45
$229.46
RAP-519503
532
DC/DCC
READY
$159.95
$135.96
RAP-519004
$256.45
$229.46
RAP-519504
Agence métropolitaine
de transport (AMT / Late / Montréal)
