MTH 80-2089-0 HO Alco PA AA D&H #-16,-18/DCC Ready
MTH 80-2089-0 HO Alco PA AA D&H #-16,-18/DCC Ready
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This is MTH 80-2089-0 HO Alco PA AA D&H #16, #18/DCC ready. Delaware & Hudson. The PA was Alco's glamour girl. While Electro-Motive's E-units easily outsold Alco's passenger engine, the PA is widely regarded as the most beautiful first-generation diesel - period. Perhaps no other locomotive looked so right at the head of the streamlined trains of the late forties and fifties that were the last hurrah of American long-distance passenger service. The 294 PA's and cabless PB's built between 1946 and 1953 powered some of America's most famous name trains, from the Southern Pacific's Daylight to the Pennsylvania's Broadway Limited. In recognition of its beauty, some fans refer to the PA as an honorary steam locomotive.
The muscular PA profile and its elegant nose, with the characteristic grille around the headlight, were designed by Ray Patten, General Electric's head of industrial design. At the time, GE and Alco were partners in the locomotive business, with GE making the electrical equipment for all Alco diesels. Patten's design was described as a locomotive so distinctive and so powerful looking that it actually helps railroads sell their services to passengers and shippers. While Alco would later fall by the wayside, GE went on to become America's largest locomotive builder by the early 1990's.
Under the hood of the PA beat a 16-cylinder model 244 prime mover that developed 2000 hp. Depending on their gearing, PA's could hustle a passenger consist along at up to 100 mph.
Long after all other PA's had gone to scrap, four restored ex-Santa Fe units remained in service on the Delaware & Hudson into the late 1970's. Sold to the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM) in 1978, most of the units eventually deteriorated to junk status, although one remained operational. But in April of 2000, Doyle McCormack - who also happens to be the engineer of No. 4449, the restored Southern Pacific Daylight - and the Smithsonian Institution repatriated two of the junked units for rebuilding. One of the units will be restored to Santa Fe livery for static display, while Doyle is bringing the other PA back to life in the Nickel Plate Road Bluebird scheme.
Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel in the middle of the last century, with these Alco PA locomotives and matching passenger sets. Our ProtoSound 3.0 sound and control system brings you the authentic sounds of an Alco prime mover and station announcements for name trains of the 1940s and '50s - along with the ability to start your train so gently you won't spill the water in the diner and then accelerate up to scale speeds of over 100 mph, just like the prototype.
Its key features are:
Intricately detailed ABS bodies
Authentic paint scheme & cab numbers
Detailed truck sides, pilots and fuel tank
Die-cast metal chassis
Two cab figures in A Unit
Directionally controlled headlights
Operating MARS light
RP-25 metal wheels mounted on metal axles
Powerful 12-volt 5-pole precision skew-wound flywheel equipped motor in each unit
Lighted cab interior
Illuminated number boards
Lighted marker lights
Two user-installed Kadee compatible magnetic couplers for each unit
Operates on Code 70, 83, & 100 rail curves
Unit measures: 18 x 1 3/8 x 2 1/8
Operates on 22 radius curves
Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)
Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 80-2089-0
Road Name: Delaware & Hudson (DH)
MSRP: $349.95
Scale/Era: HO Scale
Model Type: Diesel Loco
The Trainz SKU for this item is P11823743.
Trainz Product Id: 11823743
The muscular PA profile and its elegant nose, with the characteristic grille around the headlight, were designed by Ray Patten, General Electric's head of industrial design. At the time, GE and Alco were partners in the locomotive business, with GE making the electrical equipment for all Alco diesels. Patten's design was described as a locomotive so distinctive and so powerful looking that it actually helps railroads sell their services to passengers and shippers. While Alco would later fall by the wayside, GE went on to become America's largest locomotive builder by the early 1990's.
Under the hood of the PA beat a 16-cylinder model 244 prime mover that developed 2000 hp. Depending on their gearing, PA's could hustle a passenger consist along at up to 100 mph.
Long after all other PA's had gone to scrap, four restored ex-Santa Fe units remained in service on the Delaware & Hudson into the late 1970's. Sold to the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM) in 1978, most of the units eventually deteriorated to junk status, although one remained operational. But in April of 2000, Doyle McCormack - who also happens to be the engineer of No. 4449, the restored Southern Pacific Daylight - and the Smithsonian Institution repatriated two of the junked units for rebuilding. One of the units will be restored to Santa Fe livery for static display, while Doyle is bringing the other PA back to life in the Nickel Plate Road Bluebird scheme.
Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel in the middle of the last century, with these Alco PA locomotives and matching passenger sets. Our ProtoSound 3.0 sound and control system brings you the authentic sounds of an Alco prime mover and station announcements for name trains of the 1940s and '50s - along with the ability to start your train so gently you won't spill the water in the diner and then accelerate up to scale speeds of over 100 mph, just like the prototype.
Its key features are:
Intricately detailed ABS bodies
Authentic paint scheme & cab numbers
Detailed truck sides, pilots and fuel tank
Die-cast metal chassis
Two cab figures in A Unit
Directionally controlled headlights
Operating MARS light
RP-25 metal wheels mounted on metal axles
Powerful 12-volt 5-pole precision skew-wound flywheel equipped motor in each unit
Lighted cab interior
Illuminated number boards
Lighted marker lights
Two user-installed Kadee compatible magnetic couplers for each unit
Operates on Code 70, 83, & 100 rail curves
Unit measures: 18 x 1 3/8 x 2 1/8
Operates on 22 radius curves
Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)
Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 80-2089-0
Road Name: Delaware & Hudson (DH)
MSRP: $349.95
Scale/Era: HO Scale
Model Type: Diesel Loco
The Trainz SKU for this item is P11823743.
Trainz Product Id: 11823743
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