S NW2 Diesel Locomotives
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
MTH Electric Trains (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
35-20047-1
Additional IDs:
35-20048-1
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
Road Name:
Nickel Plate Road (NKP)
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2021
Road Number:
19, 22
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
MTH DCS & Proto-Sound 3.0
Wheels:
scale or hi-rail
Couplers:
AF or scale
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Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
MTH Electric Trains (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
35-20049-1
Additional IDs:
35-20050-1
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
Road Name:
Lehigh Valley (LV)
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2021
Road Number:
124, 127
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
MTH DCS & Proto-Sound 3.0
Wheels:
scale or hi-rail
Couplers:
AF or scale
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(image copyright © MTH Electric Trains)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
MTH Electric Trains (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
35-20045-1
Additional IDs:
35-20046-1
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2021
Road Number:
558, 559
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
MTH DCS & Proto-Sound 3.0
Wheels:
scale or hi-rail
Couplers:
AF or scale
(image copyright © MTH Electric Trains)
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(image copyright © Wade Schlinger; used by permission)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
MTH Electric Trains (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
35-20041-1
Additional IDs:
35-20042-1
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
Road Name:
Union Pacific (UP)
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2021
Road Number:
1081, 1085
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
MTH DCS & Proto-Sound 3.0
Wheels:
scale or hi-rail
Couplers:
AF or scale
(image copyright © MTH Electric Trains)
(image copyright © MTH Electric Trains)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
MTH Electric Trains (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
35-20043-1
Additional IDs:
35-20044-1
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
Road Name:
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2021
Road Number:
1215, 1217
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
MTH DCS & Proto-Sound 3.0
Wheels:
scale or hi-rail
Couplers:
AF or scale
(image copyright © MTH Electric Trains)
(image copyright © MTH Electric Trains)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
Oriental Limited
Factory:
Samhongsa, Korea
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Power:
DC
Wheels:
scale
Online Article:
Notes:
Phases I (original with short stacks), II (same as I but with long stacks), III (6 rows of louvers added), IV (louvers spaced for lettering), and V (flat space in front of cab disappears) were produced.
(image copyright © Brian Jackson; used by permission)
(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)
(image copyright © Bill Winans; used by permission)
(image copyright © Ed Loizeaux; used by permission)
Roger Nulton took this video on his layout, with the engine having the Soundtraxx Econami DCC sound decoder installed. The model's forward speed is at speed step 1 with no adjustments to the decoder. In reverse it is going at speed step 3.
Model Manufacturer Info
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1937
Manufacturer:
Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Dimensions:
44'
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Model Info
Gauge:
S
Product Type:
Pewter Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Power:
No Chassis
Notes:
According to the manufacturer, the kit can be used to make either an SW7 or a Phase V NW2 switcher by simply using a different cab, included in the kit. Note that the earlier phase of the NW2 had a flat section of the top of the hood in front of the cab.
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(image copyright © Jace Kahn; used by permission)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01261 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01565 (DCC), 01541 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
Notes:
Painted black.
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01736 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01740 (DCC), 01738 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Road Name:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Road Number:
605
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
Notes:
These had the "chinese red" color scheme.
(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
The engine runs on Scott Anderson's layout (inner loop).
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01253 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01557 (DCC), 01533 (Locomatic), 01254 (DC), 01558 (DCC), 01534 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Road Name:
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Road Number:
2403, 2417
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01255 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01559 (DCC), 01535 (Locomatic), 01256 (DC), 01560 (DCC), 01536 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Road Name:
Chessie System (C&O)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Road Number:
5280, 5289
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
(image copyright © Alan Evans; used by permission)
Testing slow-running with a MRC DCC decoder installed.
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01259 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01563 (DCC), 01539 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Road Number:
5912
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
Online Article:
Notes:
Painted in Brunswick Green (PRR freight engine).
(image copyright © Peter Vanvliet; used by permission)
From the factory, with sound, running around the Christmas tree.
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01260 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01564 (DCC), 01540 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Road Number:
9175
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
Notes:
These had the "Tuscan" color scheme. Note that this is prototypically-correct. The PRR had only one Tuscan color NW2 and it was #9175. Kudos to S-Helper Service for doing this very unique model.
(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
(image copyright © Alan Balma; used by permission)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01737 (DC)
Additional IDs:
01741 (DCC), 01739 (Locomatic)
Prototype Info
Category:
NW2
Year/Era:
1939
Road Name:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
2009
Road Number:
9216
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
DC, DCC with sound, Locomatic with sound
Wheels:
scale and hi-rail
Couplers:
AF & scale
Supplemental:
Notes:
These had the "black" color scheme.
(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
The engine runs on Scott Anderson's layout (outer loop).