

Milwaukee Road HO Scale MTH HO Bi-Polar Electric with Proto-Sound 3.0
Overview
Officially called Bi-Polar Gearless Types, they were vastly superior to the steam locomotives of their day. With 3,200 continuous horsepower, an EP-2 could pull 13 Pullmans up a 2.2% grade, an incredibly steep hill in real-life railroading. When the Bi-Polars were young, their owners and builders delighted in staging pulling contests such as a 1924 "Battle of the Giants," in which a Bi-Polar easily won a tug-of-war against a pair of steam locomotives, a 2-8-0 and a 2-6-6-2.
Unfortunately, the source of the Bi-Polar's advantages was also their chief drawback: that darn overhead wire, which was incredibly expensive to put up. The Milwaukee Road's original plan was to electrify 870 miles of track from central Montana to Puget Sound. But a 1923 bankruptcy left the road without funds to string wire over the middle part of the route. As a result, the Bi-Polars spent most of their lives on the 214-mile Coast Division, hauling passengers between the farming town of Othello and the ports of Tacoma and Seattle.
With prototypical rule 17 lighting, remotely controlled, directionally activated operating pantographs, and the excitement of Proto-Sound 3.0, our die-cast model of this iconic locomotive is certain to make a prized addition to any collection.
Features
Proto-Sound 3.0 equipped locomotives can be controlled in command mode with any DCC compliant command control system. While the user won't have access to all of the incredible features of Proto-Sound 3.0, independent control over the locomotive is possible. This means you can continue to use your existing DCC controller to independently control your other DCC equipped locomotives in addition to your Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive on the same track at the same time.
When using a DCC controller, the following Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive features are accessible:
- F0 Headlight
- F1 Bell
- F2 Whistle/Horn
- F3 Start Up/Shut Down
- F4 Rear Coupler
- F5 Front Coupler
- F6 Engine Sounds On/Off
- F7 Sound Volume
- F8 Ditch Lights Auto/On/Off
- F9 Forward Signal
- F10 Reverse Signal
- F11 Grade Crossing Signal
- F12 Cab Light On/Off
- F13 Extended Start Up
- F14 Extended Shut Down
- F15 Rev Up
- F16 Rev Down
- F17 Coupler Slack Sound
- F18 Coupler Close
- F19 One-Shot Doppler
- F20 Feature Reset
- F21 Idle Sequence 1
- F22 Idle Sequence 2
- F23 Idle Sequence 3
- F24 Ditch Lights Auto/On/Off
- F25 Brakes Auto/Off
- F26 Cab Chatter Auto/Off
- F27 Clickety-Clack Auto/Off
- F28 Coupler Slack Sound
- Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
- Unit Measures:11 5/16" x 1 3/8" x 2 7/16"
- Operates On 18" Radius Curves