MTH UP Scale GP9 Deluxe Freight train set
MTH Union Pacific GP9 Freight train Set Railking

30-4189-1 Union Pacific GP9 Deluxe freight train set RailKing
Original MSRP $349.95

-now only $315.00 Order MTH Union Pacific UP GP9 Freight Set

RailKing Scale GP-9 R-T-R Deluxe Freight Train Set w/Proto-Sound 2.0 - Union PacificSet Includes: RKS GP-9 Engine, RK 40' Double Door Box Car, RR Tank Car, RR Offset Steel Caboose, 12 Piece RealTrax Oval, 100-watt Power Supply With Controller, Lighted Track Lock-On, RailWare Interactive DVDEngine 257

Product Details

On May 10,1869, The Union Pacific and CrPacific railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah to complete the first transcontinental railroad. Wagon trains and clipper ships were no longer the only way to the West COast. More than a century later, the Central Pacific is gone but the Union Pacific is the largest railroad in North America, with more than 8,000 locomotivees. 100,000 freight cars, and 32,000 miles of track in 23 states. Due to shared motive agreements with other railroads, its famous Armour Yellow diesels can be spotted anywhere from Los Angeles to Boston. Proud of its history, the UP also operates a Heritage Fleet of locomotives that includes Challenger No 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive.

Recreate the excitement of mainline roadroading in the American West with this colorful freight set that includes a GP9 diesel with smon exhaust and twin motors to pull the heaviest loads.

Product Features

Set Features


# Two-Motored Scale Sized Diesel Locomotive
# 31" x 51" 12-Piece RealTraxr Oval
# 4-Car Freight Consist
# RailWareT Interactive DVD With Track Layout Software
# Z-1000T Transformer With Controller
# Lighted Track Lock-On

Locomotive Features:


# Durable ABS Body and Metal Chassis
# (2) Flywheel Equipped Motors
# Locomotive Speed Control
# Electronic Reverse Unit
# (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-CouplersT
# Operating Headlight
# All-Metal Wheels and Gears
# Proto-Soundr 2.0 Sound System Featuring Freight Yard Proto-EffectsT
# Locomotive Measures: 14 3/4" x 2 1/2" x 3 3/4"

Freight Cars Feature:


# Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Bodies
# Durable Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks With Smooth-Rolling Metal Wheels and Axles
# Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
# Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
# Sliding Car Doors
# Box Car Measures: 11 1/2" x 2 3/8" x 2 5/16"
# Modern Tank Car Measures: 10 7/8" x 2 3/8" x 3 7/8"
# Gondola Car Measures: 11 7/8" x 2 3/16" x 1 11/16"
# Lighted Caboose Measures: 10 1/4" x 2 1/2" x 4 1/4"

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Toy trains can be enjoyed by both children and adults.
The earliest toy trains date from the 19th century and were often made of cast iron. Motorized units running on track soon followed, powered by a steam or clockwork engine. Some of these trains used clever methods to whistle and smoke.

Electric trains followed, with the first appearing in 1897, produced by the U.S. firm Carlisle & Finch. As electricity became more common in the early 20th century, electric trains gained popularity and as time went on, these electric trains grew in sophistication, gaining lighting, the ability to change direction, to emit a whistling sound, to smoke, to remotely couple and uncouple cars and even load and unload cargo. Toy trains from the first half of the 20th century were often made of lithographed tin; later trains were often made mostly of plastic.

Prior to the 1950s, there was little distinction between toy trains and model railroads—model railroads were toys by definition. Pull toys and wind-up trains were marketed towards children, while electric trains were marketed towards teenagers, particularly teenaged boys. It was during the 1950s that the modern emphasis on realism in model railroading started to catch on.

Many modern electric toy trains contain sophisticated electronics that emit digitized sound effects and allow the operator to safely and easily run multiple trains on one loop of track.