Diesel Locomotive GP15-1, BNSF

LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
• Coupler cut levers
• Flexible rubber MU hoses
• Flexible rubber trainline hose
• See through cab windows
• Full cab interior
• Walkway tread
• Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
• Windshield wipers
• Lift rings
• Wire grab irons
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes
• Sander lines
• McHenry scale knuckle couplers – Kadee compatible
• Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet

BNSF FEATURES:

• Ex- SLSF units
• Front and rear ditch lights
• Spare knuckles on rear pilot

Frisco’s 25 GP15-1 units became a part of the BN system in 1980, and many survived to see the BNSF merger as well. Only one unit is known to have received BNSF orange and green paint; the others wore faded coats on BN green paint for the rest of their service lives.