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MTH - O Scale - Premier Blue Comet Steam Passenger Train-Only Set w/Proto-Sound 3.0 3-Rail -- Central RR of New Jersey P47 4-6-2, Heavyweight Baggage, 2 Coach, Observation (SKU 507-2034601)

Available On: September 1, 2011

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Set Features: Jersey Central 4-6-2 P47 Steam Engine (Cab # 833), (1) Baggage Car, (2) 70' Heavyweight Madison Coach Car, (1) 70' Heavyweight Madison Observation Car 
 
At the very apex of the Roaring Twenties, just months before 1929 stock market crash, the Central of New Jersey Railroad inaugurated its twice-daily Blue Comet service between Jersey City and Atlantic City. Heading the fast, luxurious trains were the CNJ's nearly-new Baldwin-built class G-3 heavy Pacifics. Like most railroads in the 1920s, the CNJ had been forced to buy larger motive power to cope with heavier steel trains and increasing patronage. Aging fleets of 4-4-0s, 4-4-2s, and 4-6-0s had become inadequate as business expanded, and the 4-6-2 Pacific type became the standard fast passenger engine on many railroads.

Five P47 Pacifics headed up the Jersey's famed passenger trains. Three locomotives - painted in a beautiful blue livery with nickel trim and numbered 831, 832 and 833 - covered The Blue Comet's fast schedule along the Jersey shoreline. A fourth G-3, No. 834, was painted green and sped The Bullet between New York City and Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The fifth locomotive, No. 835, wore gleaming black paint and hauled The Queen of the Valley, a deluxe train from New York City to Harrisburg.

The P47 returns to the Premier lineup for 2011. Keep the hottest varnish on your railroad running smoothly and on time with tone of these handsome dependable Pacifics.

Set Includes:
 
  • Jersey Central 4-6-2 P47 Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
  • 2-Car 70' ABS Baggage/Coach Madison Passenger Set
  • 70' ABS Madison Passenger Car
  • 70' ABS Madison Observation Car

    Locomotive Features:

  • Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body
  • 1:48 Scale Proportions
  • Die-Cast Metal Chassis
  • Real Coal Load
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Constant Voltage Headlight
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides
  • Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler
  • Engineer and Fireman Figures
  • Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
  • Decorative Metal Whistle
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System
  • Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
  • Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable
  • Wireless Drawbar
  • Illuminated Number Boards
  • Illuminated Classification Lights
  • Lighted Cab Interior
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures:22" x 2 3/4" x 3 7/8"
  • Operates On O-42 Curves

    Passenger Set Features

  • Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Overhead Interior Lighting
  • Die-Cast 6-Wheel Trucks
  • Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
  • Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
  • End-of-Car Diaphragms
  • Separate Metal Handrails
  • Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
  • Needle-Point Axles
  • Detailed Car Interiors
  • 10 Passenger Figures In Each Coach Car
  • 1:48 Scale Dimensions
  • Detailed Car Undercarriage
  • Sliding Baggage Car Doors
  • Operates On O-42 Curves






    • $1049.95 US
    Country of Origin: China