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MTH - HO Scale - ALCo FA-1 - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) (Green w/Gold Stripes & Lettering) - Road Number 9601-A (DCC w/Proto Sound 3.0) (SKU 507-8020931)

Available On: January 1, 2012

 
     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. During World War II, only EMD was allowed to build diesel freight locomotives, giving them invaluable experience and market share. When the war ended and the diesel revolution began in earnest, dependability problems with Alco's model 244 prime mover and the advantages EMD had gained during the war years 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 flatnose 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.

     Built by Alco and GE 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 carboydy, this was later changed to accommodate the steam generator that would be placed behind the radiator

     This streamlined diesel will bring beauty and power to any HO layout. The HO Alco FA-1 diesel A unit is twinmotored and has full directional lighting and 2 Scale Operating Kadee Compatible Couplers. Like all HO diesel locomotives, the FA-1 is equipped with the Proto-Sound 3.0.

 
Features:
  • Intricately Detailed ABS Body
  • Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers
  • Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
  • Die-Cast Metal Chassis
  • (2) Cab Figures In A Unit
  • Movable, spinning roof fan blades
  • Directionally Controlled Headlights
  • RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles
  • Powerful 12-Volt 5-Pole Precision Skew-
    Wound Flywheel-Equipped Motor
  • Locomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH Increments
  • Lighted Cab Interior
  • Operating MARS Light (Where Prototypical)
  • Illuminated Number Boards
  • Lighted Marker Lights
  • (2) Scale Kadee-Compatible Operating Couplers
  • NRMA compliant factory installed DCC decoder
  • Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail
  • Proto-Sound® 3.0 With The Digital Command
    System Featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects™
  • A Unit Measures: 7 1/16" x 1 3/8" x 2 1/16"
  • Operates On 18" Radius Curves
Reservations Due By: August 30, 2010
Expected Release: December 2010






$229.95 US