Kato #1766121 N scale MP36PH diesel locomotive. Factory assembled and ready to run. Super detailed and DCC ready for your decoder.

The Motive Power International MP36PH, which uses a 16-cylinder MPI 645F3B diesel engine as its prime mover, is used by a number of cities across the country for commuter service, their often distinctive and colorful paint schemes serving to make these locomotives the “figureheads” for local commuter service. Chicago METRA has ordered 27 of these locomotives, which were built and delivered from 2003 through 2004.

Features:

• DCC Ready for your decoder
• Powerful five pole motor with all wheel electrical pickup and blackened wheels
• Designed to pull a 10 car bi-level consist up a 4% grade without the need for a traction tire
• Sophisticated light piping and LED system to give it directional headlight and taillight functions across all six of its nose lights for push/pull operation
• Illuminated pre-printed number boards
• Body mounted Kato magnetic knuckle couplers