Guaranteed Pre-Order Deadline is September 9th, 2026
After closing, you may still place a pre-order and we will attempt to acquire one for you.
Estimated Delivery Date Is: Q2 2027
Product Information:
In the late 1940s, the design team at Fairbanks-Morse (FM) set out to develop an 8-cylinder 1,500-horsepower all-purpose road switcher using their opposed-piston diesel engine design. By September 1947 FM had produced the first H15-44 locomotive in the form of Demonstrator “FM 1500”. The hood-unit style body included distinctive features such as slightly sloped ends, rounded corners, oval cab-side windows and a raised, rounded headlight base on each end.
Features:
- Bi-directional red and green LED marker lamps that work in DCC and analog mode
- Realistic die-cast underframe
- Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
- Directional lighting
- Painted crew figures
- Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, fine scale handrails, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses & fuel tank skirt as appropriate by railroad
- Etched metal radiator grilles
- AAR-B or FM-style truck sideframes as appropriate by railroad
- NEW Metal couplers
- Atlas Master® Silver version is Sound Ready and equipped with speaker for easy conversion to DCC sound
- Atlas Master® Gold version is sound-equipped
- NEW Atlas Master® Gold version features factory-installed ESU passive radiator speakers
DCC Operation Features GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY)
- Supports all DCC-programming modes
- DCC includes RailCom and RailComPlus, with 14, 28 or 128 speed steps and with 2-digit and 4-digit addressing.
- Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
- A total of 6 DCC function outputs are available, all can be function mapped (disable, brightness, light effects) individually
- Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.
ESU LokSound Features (GOLD LOCOMOTIVES ONLY):
- Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
- There are up to 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
- Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.
- Equipped with ESU’s Exclusive “Full Throttle” features for ultimate realism in prototype running.
