Author: Brian Marsh, Overland Hobbies

New Arrival – HO scale AMTRAK P42DC 50th Anniversary Locomotives from Athearn Genesis

Overland Hobbies is pleased to offer the new HO scale AMTRAK P42DC locomotives with four locomotives each painted in Heritage paint schemes in honor of AMTRAKs’ 50th Anniversary. The Midnight Blue locomotive has not yet been delivered and is expected in March/ April 2024. 

Each locomotive is offered in standard DC or with Tsunami 2 DCC and Sound. Check out the images below and then click through to our Overland Hobbies website to purchase today. Missy, Ella, Kayce and I thank you for your interest and look forward to hearing from you.

Amtrak P42DC #161, Phase I paint scheme dating back to 1972 and similar to that applied to the EMD SDP40F units and adapted to the GE P42DC locomotive. Click through this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #161, standard DC ATHG81115. Or Click this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #161 with Tsunami 2 DCC/ sound ATHG81315.

Amtrak P42DC #160, Phase III paint scheme dating back to the early 1990s a paint scheme that was applied to the GE Dash 8-32BWH locomotives and adapted to the GE P42DC locomotive. Click through this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #160, standard DC ATHG81116. Or Click this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #160 with Tsunami 2 DCC/ sound ATHG81316.

Amtrak P42DC #46, Phase V paint scheme introduced on the P42 in the 2000s and adapted to the GE P42DC Heritage locomotive with the addition of Connecting America for 50 YEARS boldly displayed on the locomotive sides. Click through this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #46, standard DC ATHG81117. Or Click this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #46 with Tsunami 2 DCC/ sound ATHG81317.

Amtrak P42DC #108, Phase VII paint scheme which was first applied to the SIEMENS ALC-42 Charger units and adapted to the GE P42DC for the 50th Anniversary. Click through this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #108, standard DC ATHG81118. Or Click this link to view and purchase AMTRAK P42DC #108 with Tsunami 2 DCC/ sound ATHG81318.

Overland Hobbies BLOG

We are super excited to finally get a BLOG up and running in conjunction with our site.

Our BLOG will be used to provide additional images and information that we believe you will find of interest in conjunction with our Overland Hobbies retail site.  Sometimes we will post images with a little bit of written detail…and other times we will simply offer written product delivery updates. We will also use this to share railfan images from time to time as I really enjoy photography right along side with selling model trains, books and accessories.

We welcome you to our Overland Hobbies BLOG and hope that you will enjoy our posts and get to know us better with each post.

Brian, Missy and Jake Marsh