MTH Premier 20-3160-1 Pennsylvania J-1 2-10-4 w Proto 2

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MTH Premier20-3160-1 Pennsylvania J-1 2-10-4 w/ Proto 2.Removed from box for Ebay Photos and tested,charged battery and ran using DCS for 10 minutes.Smokes and Runs perfectly.See Ebay Photos for features.This is the version with Brunswick Green Roof as per prototype.Original Box and Packing Included .No Reserve.............The J1 was the Pennsy's War Baby, conceived and born to move freight for World War II. Like most American railroads, the Pennsylvania found itself short of motive power when traffic ramped up for the war. The Pennsy would have preferred to design its own modern steam loco, but the War Production Board declared otherwise. Only existing, proven designs would be authorized for wartime construction. In retrospect, that was probably a good thing, because none of the Pennsy's postwar steam designs came close to the success of the J1. For its war baby, the Pennsylvania chose a design created twelve years earlier by Lima for the Chesapeake & Ohio. The C&O T1 2-10-4 possessed the key attribute of a modern "super-power" locomotive: power at speed. Home-built in the Juniata shops from 1942 to 1944, the Pennsy's 125 copies, designated classes J1 and J1a, were quickly recognized by Pennsy faithful as among of the best steamers produced in the modern era. They were at home anyw west of Altoona, pounding up heavy grades or flying read more

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