June 2, 2026 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing BNSF's just announced ES44 Semiquincentennial Diesel locomotives in both Premier O Scale and RailKing O Gauge models this coming winter. The Premier models will be offered in both hi-rail and scale wheel configurations and both RailKing and Premier models will be offered in three cab numbers. All will be extremely limited in quantity and begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in December 2026.
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ABOUT THE GENERAL ELECTRIC ES44 DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
Model the ground-shaking, high horsepower drama of modern railroading with, General Electric’s Evolution Series ES44AC. At the heart of the Evolution Series is a diesel motor designed specifically to comply with new Environmental Protection Agency regulations: the turbocharged four-cycle, 12-cylinder GEVO-12. While producing the same 4400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder FDL-series predecessor, the GEVO-12 uses less fuel and spits out 40% fewer emissions. Each of its cylinders displaces 950 cubic inches, more than twice as much as an entire Corvette V-8.
GE claims the EVOs are “the most fuel-efficient, most environmentally friendly diesel locomotives in history… If every freight train in North America were pulled by an Evolution Series Locomotive, the reduction of smog-producing pollutants would be like removing 48 million cars from the road each year.” Everything about these locomotives has been examined, questioned, and re-thought, generating 25 new U.S. patents in the process. Today ES44ACs are rostered by every one of the Class 1 roads that dominate rail transportation in North America: Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific.
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