{"product_id":"hl-31-mlw-hr616-locomotive-shell-pre-production","title":"HL-31 MLW HR616 Locomotive Shell","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe shells are designed to be used with the Bowser C-630M Chassis. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eMLW HR616\u003c\/b\u003e, was a 6 axle, 3,000 horsepower (2.2 MW) \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cargo\" title=\"Cargo\"\u003efreight\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diesel-electric_locomotive\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Diesel-electric locomotive\"\u003elocomotive\u003c\/a\u003e manufactured in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal\" title=\"Montreal\"\u003eMontreal\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec\" title=\"Quebec\"\u003eQuebec\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" title=\"Canada\"\u003eCanada\u003c\/a\u003e. Twenty were built for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_National_Railway\" title=\"Canadian National Railway\"\u003eCanadian National Railway\u003c\/a\u003e in 1982, numbered 2100–2119, with 2100–2103 being temporarily renumbered as Bombardier 7000–7003, and rated at 3,200 hp (2.4 MW) for demonstration of the new model on Canadian Pacific Railway in 1983. After the demonstration, they were returned to CN and reverted to their original 2100–2103 numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe model designation stood for HR - High Reliability, 616 - 6 axles, 16 cylinder engine. The HR616 was anything but reliable, plagued by many of the electrical and mechanical issues of its M-Line predecessors. One notable feature was the HR616 debuted the CN designed “Draper Taper” cowl car body as well as #2119 was the first to feature a desktop style control stand. The locomotives were retired from CN’s fleet in the mid to late 1990s (2105 was first due to wreck damage suffered near \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" title=\"London\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ontario\" title=\"Ontario\"\u003eOntario\u003c\/a\u003e), with some scrapped and others sold to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Railway_Equipment\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"National Railway Equipment\"\u003eNational Railway Equipment\u003c\/a\u003e (NRE). Some are still existent, stored by NRE at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silvis\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Silvis\"\u003eSilvis\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illinois\" title=\"Illinois\"\u003eIllinois\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/3dcentraltrains.com\/collections\/kaslo-shops-distributing\/products\/kaslo-shops-hl-31-bombardier-hr-616-shell-kit\"\u003e3D Central Link\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e","brand":"Kaslo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67964031598898,"sku":"HL31","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/6421\/3298\/files\/20231209_200916.jpg?v=1791938193","url":"https:\/\/3dcentraltrains.com\/products\/hl-31-mlw-hr616-locomotive-shell-pre-production","provider":"3D Central","version":"1.0","type":"link"}