MTH 80-22391 HO Conrail GP-35 Diesel with Proto-Sound 3.0 #2256 This is a MTH 80-22391 HO Conrail GP-35 Diesel with Proto-Sound 3.0 #2256. Produced from 1963 to 1966&#44; the GP35&#44; along with its six-axle SD35 sibling&#44; marked both an end and a beginning. They were the last road diesels to use the EMD 567 motor that had powered switchers&#44; F-units&#44; and Geeps since 1939 (so named because each cylinder displaced 567 cubic inches). For the horsepower race of the 1960s&#44; EMD tweaked the 567 to a turbocharged V-16 delivering 2500 hp. That was it for the 567&#44; however&#44; and in 1966 the baton was passed to the more powerful model 645. But while the 35 line diesels ushered out an old motor&#44; they inaugurated a new look. Their angled cab roofs and the clean&#44; squared-off lines of their car bodies established the look of EMD power for the next three decades. Introduced to compete with General Electric's landmark U25B&#44; which had ushered in the second generation of diesel power&#44; the GP35 outsold the U-Boat nearly three to one. There was a strong market for new power in the mid-1960s because the first-generation diesels that had vanquished steam were wearing out. While first-generation rosters had often been a hodgepodge of manufacturers and models as railroads experimented with the new technology&#44; by 1960 Alco&#44; EMD&#44; and GE were the only manufacturers left standing - and Alco would soon throw in the towel. As a result&#44; virtually every major U.S. railroad became a GP35 customer and over 1300 engines were sold in the United States&#44; Canada&#44; and Mexico. In what we believe is the finest&#44; ready-to-run HO GP-35 diesel to ever be produced&#44; HO modelers will find the best combination of detail&#44; realism&#44; and performance of any 1/87 scale GP35. Added-on detail parts include windshield wipers&#44; metal see-thru body grilles&#44; lift rings&#44; metal grab irons and handrails&#44; see-thru rooftop fan housings&#44; and brake cylinders&#44; air pipes&#44; and swing hangers on our