NS F Units from MTH

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Soon to be available in O Scale:

http://204.156.4.221/manuals/oldcats/2007DAPBrochure.pdf

http://www.mth-railking.com/

"June 13, 2007 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has released its 2007 Dealer
Appreciation Program (DAP) brochure to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers.
Counter copies of the brochure should begin arriving at your local
retailer by week's end.

"As in the past, the 2007 Dealer Appreciation Program features a
limited selection of items, each in a specially marked D.A.P.
package, that will not appear in any M.T.H. catalog in their DAP
configuration. To make these limited edition products truly special,
we offer each Authorized M.T.H. Retailer only two of these special
packages.

"This year's program is headed up by a Norfolk Southern F-7 in the
railroad's glossy Executive Train black and white paint scheme. In a
nod to its heritage, the Norfolk Southern decided in 2006 to replace
the modern engines that hauled its executive train with a set of
vintage diesels. Through an equipment broker, they found a set of
EMD F7's with a long history. The A-units were built in 1952 for the
Baltimore & Ohio, while the B-units were originally delivered to the
Chicago Great Western and the Chicago and North Western. In 1981,
the four were rebuilt by Morrison-Knudson for a new career with MARC
(Maryland Rail Commuter Service). After being retired a second time,
they went to RailCruise America for dinner train service and then to
the Kansas City Southern, which later declared them surplus and sent
them to the equipment broker that sold them to the NS.

"This time, it looks like the four wandering F-units have a
permanent home. In late 2006, they were towed to the Norfolk
Southern's ex-Pennsy shops in Altoona for a full mechanical and
cosmetic overhaul. They emerged from Altoona in a paint scheme that
harks back to NS predecessor Southern Railway, but with the
Thoroughbred, Norfolk Southern's corporate symbol, emblazoned on the
nose of each A-unit. Their maiden outing with the company train
(minus one A-unit that was not yet finished) was in early April at
the Masters golf tournament, and they have since been spotted
throughout the Norfolk Southern system."