MTH 80-2078-1, Alco PA A Unit, Denver Rio Grande, Sound

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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER SALE. THESE ARE DUE TO BE RELEASED BY MTH DURING DECEMBER OF 2011 / JANUARY 2012. WE WILL BE SHIPPING ALL PRE-PAID ORDERS THE SAME DAY WE GET THEM IN FROM MTH. Roadname: Denver Rio Grande MTH HO Scale Alco PA A Unit with Proto-Sound 3.0 - Denver Rio Grande A Unit No. 6013 Product Number: 80-2078-1 Features Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank Die-Cast Metal Chassis (2) Cab Figures In A Unit Directionally Controlled Headlights Operating Smoke RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles Powerful 12-Volt 5-Pole Precision Skew-Wound Flywheel Equipped Motor In Each Unit Locomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH Increments Lighted Cab Interior Illuminated Number Boards Lighted Marker Lights (2) Scale Kadee Compatible Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers On Each Unit (2) User-Installed Kadee Couplers For Each Unit On-Board DCC Receiver Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves Proto-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 other DCC 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 Headlight F1 Bell F2 Horn F3 Start-up/Shut-down F4 PFA F5 Lights (Number Board) F6 Master Volume F7 Front Coupler F8 Rear Coupler F9 Forward Signal F10 Reverse Signal F11 Smoke On/Off F12 Smoke Volume F13 Grade Crossing F14 Coupler Slack F15 Extended Start-up F16 Extended Shut-down F17 Rev Up F18 Rev Down F19 Engine Sounds (On/Off) F20 Single Horn Blast F21 Coupler Close F22 Feature Reset F23 Idle Sequence 1 F24 Idle Sequence 2 F25 Idle Sequence 3 F26 One Shot Doppler (On/Off) F27 Brake Sounds (On/Off) F28 Cab Chatter (On/Off) Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects Unit Measures:18” x 1 3/8” x 2 1/8” Operates On 22" Radius Curves The page was designed by Silver City Hobby. Unauthorized use is prohibited. 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 ... read more

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