MTH 80-3177-1 HO, Berkshire 2-8-4 Pere Marquette #1225 DCC DCS & Proto Sound 3.0

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Product Line: MTH HO Roadname: Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 Cab No. 1225 (2009 Excursion - No Running Board Stripes)Product Number: 80-3177-1 Features Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body Die-Cast Metal Chassis Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage Headlight Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting Detailed Truck Sides Detailed Cab Interior Opening Cab Roof Hatch Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor (2) Scale Kadee Compatible Couplers Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell Decorative Metal Whistle Sprung Drive Wheels Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments Detailed Tender Undercarriage Interchangeable Traction Tire-Equipped Drive Wheels On-Board DCC Receiver Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves Wireless Drawbar Engineer and Fireman Figures Operating Marker Lights Lighted Number Boards Operating Tender Back-up Light 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 on/off (F1) Bell on/off (F2) Whistle/Horn on/off (F3) Start-up/Shut-down (F4) PFA initiate and advance (F5) Cab Light on/off (F6) Engine Sounds on/off (F7) Volume low, med, high, off (F8) Smoke on/off (F9) Forward Signal Sound (F10) Reverse Signal Sound (F11) Coupler Slack Sound (F12) Grade Crossing (F13) One-Shot Doppler on/off (F14) Extended Start Up (F15) Extended Shut Down (F16) Labor Chuff (F17) Drift Chuff (F18) Smoke Volume low, med, high (F19) Single short whistle toot (F20) Coupler Close (F21) Feature Reset (F22) Idle Sequence 1 (F23) Idle Sequence 2 (F24) Idle Sequence 3 (F25) Idle Sequence 4 (F26) Brakes auto/off (F27) Cab Chatter auto/off (F28) Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects Unit Measures:15 3/4" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" Operates On 18" Radius Curves The Nickel Plate's 2-8-4 Berkshires belonged to one of steam's finest family trees. The first 2-8-4, Lima Locomotive Works A-1, inaugurated the superpower era in 1925. A four-wheel trailing truck allowed the A-1 to have a larger firebox and boiler, producing a combination of power and speed never seen before in a steam locomotive. Initially tested on the Boston and Albany Railroad, the new wheel arrangement was dubbed the Berkshire after the mountain range it conquered on the B&A. At about the same time, the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland, Ohio assembled a group of railroads under their control, including the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Nickel Plate Road, the Pere Marquette, and the Erie Railroad. Under the leadership of talented designer John Black, an Advisory Mechanical Committee was formed to design engines for the Van Sweringen roads. The group turned out some of the finest locomotives of the super power era, and perhaps its crowning achievement was the "Nickel Plate Berk," a 2-8-4 introduced in 1934 and called by steam historian Eugene Huddleston "the greatest 2-8-4 ever to take to the rails." Alco won the bid to construct the initial 15 S-Class Berks in 1934. But the Pere Marquette's 1937 order for near-identical engines went to Lima, which also built subsequent orders in the 1940s for 65 more Nickel Plate 2-8-4s, classes S-1 through S-3. Delivered in 1949, the final engine in the group, No. 779, would also prove to be the last Lima-built steamer. Engineers as well as railfans loved the 700-series Berkshires for their looks, speed, power, and wonderful sou... read more

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