Advertised by Fairbanks-Morse as "the most useful locomotive ever built", the H24-66 Train Master was first introduced in 1953. Designed as a versatile locomotive with various equipment options available, it was found in both passenger and freight service across the US. It was the most powerful single-engine locomotive in production at the time, generating a total of 2,400 hp.

Features:

• Separately-applied door handles

• Real metal springs on trucks

• Realistic die-cast underframe

• Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual-flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds

• Directional lighting

• Factory-equipped with AccuMate couplers

• Painted crew figures

• Separately-installed fine scale handrails

• Etched metal radiator grilles

• Electronic Dual-Mode Decoder (e-DMD) (Gold Series only) that allows your locomotive to run in DCC or DC

• NMRA 8-pin plug for DCC (Silver Series only)

• Railroad specific details (Lighted classification lights on some models)

Silver Sound Ready

Atlas Silver Sound Ready models are equipped with a speaker for easy conversion to sound with the addition of a decoder.

Atlas Master Series Silver Additional Features:

• NMRA 21-pin plug for DCC (Decoder-ready)

Sound Features for Gold Series:

(DCC Operation)

• Supports all DCC-programming modes

• Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F31 .

• Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.

Sound Functionality Features:

• Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.

• There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.

• Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.