SOUTHERN PACIFIC DAYLIGHT ALCO PA/B - DCC/DCS SOUND PROTO 3 & SMOKE MTH HO Scale

Description: MTH READY-TO_RUNHO Scale OUT - OF - PRODUCTION Locomotive ALCO PA/PB Consist units with PROTO 3.0 SOUND and SMOKE Change from SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES" to the shorter "SOUTHERN PACIFIC," which had been the standard since 1916. (The official change was made in December 1946, but not everything was repainted immediately.) Lettered for the: SOUTHERN PACIFIC Featuring the SOUTHERN PACIFIC DAYLIGHT Lettering and PAINT SCHEME Matching Passenger 8 car set sold in a separate listingthe Coach Car sold in a separate listingand Articulated Chair cars set sold in separate listing. The PA was Alco's glamour girl. While Electro-Motive's E-units easily outsold Alco's passenger engine, the PA is widely regarded as the most beautiful first-generation diesel - period. Perhaps no other locomotive looked so right at the head of the streamlined trains of the late forties and fifties that were the last hurrah of American long-distance passenger service. The 294 PA's and cabless PB's built between 1946 and 1953 powered some of America's most famous name trains, from the Southern Pacific's Daylight to the Pennsylvania's Broadway Limited. In recognition of its beauty, some fans refer to the PA as an "honorary steam locomotive." The muscular PA profile and its elegant nose, with the characteristic grille around the headlight, were designed by Ray Patten, General Electric's head of industrial design. At the time, GE and Alco were partners in the locomotive business, with GE making the electrical equipment for all Alco diesels. Patten's design was described as "a locomotive so distinctive and so powerful looking that it actually helps railroads sell their services to passengers and shippers." While Alco would later fall by the wayside, GE went on to become America's largest locomotive builder by the early 1990's. Under the hood of the PA beat a 16-cylinder model 244 prime mover that developed 2000 hp. Depending on their gearing, PA's could hustle a passenger consist along at up to 100 mph. Long after all other PA's had gone to scrap, four restored ex-Santa Fe units remained in service on the Delaware & Hudson into the late 1970's. Sold to the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM) in 1978, most of the units eventually deteriorated to junk status, although one remained operational. But in April of 2000, Doyle McCormack - who also happens to be the engineer of No. 4449, the restored Southern Pacific Daylight - and the Smithsonian Institution repatriated two of the junked units for rebuilding. One of the units will be restored to Santa Fe livery for static display, while Doyle is bringing the other PA back to life in the Nickel Plate Road "Bluebird" scheme. You can follow the progress of Doyle's labor on the Web site www.nkp190.com. Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel in the middle of the last century, with these Alco PA locomotives and matching passenger sets. Our ProtoSound 3.0 sound and control system brings you the authentic sounds of an Alco prime mover and station announcements for name trains of the 1940s and '50s - along with the ability to start your train so gently you won't spill the water in the diner and then accelerate up to scale speeds of over 100 mph, just like the prototype.MTH OVERVIEW:The American Locomotive Company, one of the nation's premier steam locomotive builders, joined forces with Schenectady, New York neighbor General Electric to build the first standardized diesel-electric locomotives in the 1920s. But when the diesel revolution began in earnest after World War II, dependability problems with Alco's model 244 prime mover doomed the company to forever playing second fiddle to industry leader EMD. The brawny good looks of Alco's FA and PA cab units, however, have endeared them to railfans and modelers for more than half a century. Designed to compete with EMD's FT four axel freight locomotive, the FA-1 contained many of the same design elements but used a new 12-cylinder 244 engine. With its distinctive flat nose cab and ribbed grille enclosed headlight, the FA-2's were considered by many rail fans to be more handsome and powerful looking then its F-3 and F-7 competitors. By pairing up with General Electric in the 1920's Alco inevitably condemned itself to ride on the coattails of EMD's F-series line. Built by Alco and EMD in New York between 1946 and 1959, the FA-1 was designed primarily to haul freight, as they did not have the space at the rear of the engine compartment to accommodate a passenger-service steam generator. Externally as well as mechanically the FA-1, designed by Ray Patten, appeared very similar to the ALCO PA models built around the same time period. Distinguishable from the FA-2, the FA-1's shutters were at the far end of the carbody, this was later changed to accommodate the steam generator that would be placed behind the radiator. MTH UNIT FEATURES:Intricately Detailed ABS BodiesAuthentic Paint Scheme & Cab NumbersDetailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel TankDie-Cast Metal Chassis(2) Cab Figures In A UnitDirectionally Controlled HeadlightsOperating MARS LightOperating SmokeRP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal AxlesPowerful 12-Volt 5-Pole Precision Skew-Wound Flywheel Equipped Motor In Each UnitLocomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH IncrementsLighted Cab InteriorIlluminated Number BoardsLighted Marker Lights(2) Scale Kadee Compatible Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers On Each Unit(2) User-Installed Kadee Couplers For Each UnitOn-Board DCC ReceiverOperates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail CurvesProto-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 otherDCC 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 Head/Tail lightF1 BellF2 HornF3 Start-up/Shut-downF4 PFAF5 Lights (except head/tail)F6 Master VolumeF7 Front CouplerF8 Rear CouplerF9 Forward SignalF10 Reverse SignalF11 Grade CrossingF12 Smoke On/OffF13 Smoke VolumeF14 Idle Sequence 3F15 Idle Sequence 2F16 Idle Sequence 1F17 Extended Start-upF18 Extended Shut-downF19 Rev UpF20 Rev DownF21 One Shot DopplerF22 Coupler SlackF23 Coupler CloseF24 Single Horn BlastF25 Engine SoundsF26 Brake SoundsF27 Cab ChatterF28 Feature ResetProto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-EffectsUnit Measures:18” x 1 3/8” x 2 1/8”Operates On 22" Radius CurvesThe unit is highly detailedVERY HARD TO FIND ITEM THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED READY-TO-RUN SOUND EQUIPPED DCC / DCS LOCOMOTIVE The item is NEW in the original box from old stock SHIPPING:We do combine shipping on multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately. What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED ItemThe item is NEW in the original box from old stock PERSONAL INVENTORY:Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them.STORE INVENTORY:Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each itemMost of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.

Price: 599.95 USD

Location: Van, Texas

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