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[message]Announced Date: | Jan 2025 |
Released Date: | Est. 3rd Quarter 2025 |
Individually Boxed: | N/A |
Overview:
In 1953, Alco and General Electric went their separate ways, ending the partnership that had produced some of the handsomest first-generation diesel units, the FA and PA. Seven years later, GE was back in the market with the U25B, its first self-produced road locomotive and the product of an intensive research and development effort. By 1963, GE sales surpassed those of its former partner, and the company became a serious
threat to EMD’s market dominance. The nation’s diesel builders were locked in a horsepower race as railroads bought second-generation power to replace the first-generation diesels that had killed the steam engine. In 1966, General Electric introduced the six-axle, 3000 hp U30C, aimed directly at EMD’s equally powerful SD40.
While the U30C did not outsell the SD40, it became General Electric’s best-selling “U-boat.” It set the stage for GE to pull ahead of EMD in diesel sales by 1983, and stay ahead to this day. Over the course of a 10-year production run, nearly 600 U30Cs were sold to 17 class one railroads, while other roads such as Conrail acquired them in mergers. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern owned the largest fleets, with BN using its U30Cs to haul coal from the massive Powder River Basin deposits in Montana and Wyoming. Many U30Cs served nearly three decades before retirement in the early 1990s.
GE’s most popular Universal-series diesel returns to the M.T.H. lineup for 2018, loaded with all the features you expect in a Premier diesel: superb, railroad-specific detailing, accurate paint schemes, bold prototypical sounds, and smooth, steady operation at any speed from a crawl to full throttle.
The tooling for the U30C is engineered to produce a multitude of different, railroad-specific versions of this engine. Details found on all versions include etched safety tread on the walkways; opening cab doors; folding drops steps on the end platforms; optional snow plow; underframe air tanks with pipes; superbly detailed trucks with speed recorder cable, shock absorbers, and brake cylinders; legible builders plate and warning labels; and separately added grab irons, windshield wipers, and platform safety chains, MU cables, and coupler lift bars.
The U30Cs also feature variable exhaust smoke, General Electric diesel motor sounds, and our new speaker system with improved bass response — to more accurately reproduce the ground-shaking rumble of the prototype.
What does Individually Boxed mean?
Individually boxed is how the item originally arrives as. It's original shipping carton.
For example:
All Lionel engines come individually boxed. So they are good to be shipped out right as they come in.
Most MTH engines come boxed in cases of 3 or 2. In rare occasions they are individually boxes. Which means that this engines individually boxes are good to ship as they are, while those coming in cases of 2 or 3 will need to be re-boxed or can have other items shipped in the original shipping carton.
Most rolling stock come in quantities of 2, 4, or 6. This can be re-boxed if the quantities ordered doesn't match the original shipping carton.
Why this information, we have had a lot of contacts asking if the item is individually boxed, or others asking if they can have the original shipping carton. In most cases, ordering the case amount will get you the carton.
Pre-Order & Policy
What does pre-order mean?
Depending on the release date of the item, the pre-order can have 2 meanings.
1. The item hasn't been released by the manufacture or hasn't made it to us.
2. The item has already released and we have sold out of the item. In many cases we are able to still re-stock on the item.
Placing a non-paid pre-order for the item allows us to look at the availability of the item and get it ordered for you.
What is your pre-order Policy?
Please read our full pre-order policy information here.
Add On Services Available
We at MrMuffin'sTrains offer additional services for your trains!
Want your item inspected? Add our inspection service, there's no charge, though tips are welcome!
Want your items weathered? Select the weathering service most appropriate for your train and select how much weathering you want applied!
For Engines: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts or articulation.
For Rolling Stock: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts.
Need your items decaled or modified? Add a pre-paid return label to your order along with what you want done. Once completed you will be charged for the customization service at Harry's discretion.
What does Individually Boxed mean?
Individually boxed is how the item originally arrives as. It's original shipping carton.
For example:
All Lionel engines come individually boxed. So they are good to be shipped out right as they come in.
Most MTH engines come boxed in cases of 3 or 2. In rare occasions they are individually boxes. Which means that this engines individually boxes are good to ship as they are, while those coming in cases of 2 or 3 will need to be re-boxed or can have other items shipped in the original shipping carton.
Most rolling stock come in quantities of 2, 4, or 6. This can be re-boxed if the quantities ordered doesn't match the original shipping carton.
Why this information, we have had a lot of contacts asking if the item is individually boxed, or others asking if they can have the original shipping carton. In most cases, ordering the case amount will get you the carton.
Pre-Order & Policy
What does pre-order mean?
Depending on the release date of the item, the pre-order can have 2 meanings.
1. The item hasn't been released by the manufacture or hasn't made it to us.
2. The item has already released and we have sold out of the item. In many cases we are able to still re-stock on the item.
Placing a non-paid pre-order for the item allows us to look at the availability of the item and get it ordered for you.
What is your pre-order Policy?
Please read our full pre-order policy information here.
Add On Services Available
We at MrMuffin'sTrains offer additional services for your trains!
Want your item inspected? Add our inspection service, there's no charge, though tips are welcome!
Want your items weathered? Select the weathering service most appropriate for your train and select how much weathering you want applied!
For Engines: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts or articulation.
For Rolling Stock: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts.
Need your items decaled or modified? Add a pre-paid return label to your order along with what you want done. Once completed you will be charged for the customization service at Harry's discretion.
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