{"product_id":"mth-80-2047-1-new-york-central-ho-scale-alco-pa-a-unit-with-proto-sound-3-0","title":"MTH 80-2047-1 New York Central HO Scale Alco PA A Unit w\/PS3","description":"This is MTH 80-2047-1 NYC Alco PA A Unit With Proto-Sound 3.0. New York Central. Cab no. 4202. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong after all other PA's had gone to scrap, four restored ex-Santa Fe units remained in service on the Delaware \u0026amp; 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecreate 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts key features are:\u003cbr\u003eIntricately detailed ABS body\u003cbr\u003eAuthentic paint scheme \u0026amp; cab numbers\u003cbr\u003eDetailed truck sides, pilots and fuel tank\u003cbr\u003eDie-cast metal chassis\u003cbr\u003eTwo cab figures\u003cbr\u003eDirectionally controlled headlights\u003cbr\u003eOperating MARS light\u003cbr\u003eOperating smoke\u003cbr\u003eRP-25 metal wheels mounted on metal axles\u003cbr\u003ePowerful 12-volt 5-pole precision skew-wound flywheel equipped motor\u003cbr\u003eLocomotive speed control in scale MPH increments\u003cbr\u003eLighted cab interior\u003cbr\u003eIlluminated number boards\u003cbr\u003eLighted marker lights\u003cbr\u003eTwo scale Kadee compatible remotely controlled Proto-Couplers\u003cbr\u003eTwo user-installed Kadee couplers\u003cbr\u003eOn-board DCC receiver\u003cbr\u003eOperates on code 70, 83, \u0026amp; 100 rail curves\u003cbr\u003eProto-Sound 3.0 equipped locomotives can be controlled in command mode with any DCC compliant command control system. While the user won't have access to all of the incredible features of Proto-Sound 3.0, independent control over the locomotive is possible. This means you can continue to use your existing DCC controller to independently control your other DCC equipped locomotives in addition to your Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive on the same track at the same time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen using a DCC controller, the following Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive features are accessible:\u003cbr\u003eF0 headlight\u003cbr\u003eF1 bell\u003cbr\u003eF2 horn\u003cbr\u003eF3 start-up\/shut-down\u003cbr\u003eF4 PFA\u003cbr\u003eF5 lights (number board)\u003cbr\u003eF6 master volume\u003cbr\u003eF7 front coupler\u003cbr\u003eF8 rear coupler\u003cbr\u003eF9 forward signal\u003cbr\u003eF10 reverse signal\u003cbr\u003eF11 smoke on\/off\u003cbr\u003eF12 smoke volume\u003cbr\u003eF13 grade crossing\u003cbr\u003eF14 coupler slack\u003cbr\u003eF15 extended start-up\u003cbr\u003eF16 extended shut-down\u003cbr\u003eF17 rev up\u003cbr\u003eF18 rev down\u003cbr\u003eF19 engine sounds (on\/off)\u003cbr\u003eF20 single horn blast\u003cbr\u003eF21 coupler close\u003cbr\u003eF22 feature reset\u003cbr\u003eF23 idle sequence 1\u003cbr\u003eF24 idle sequence 2\u003cbr\u003eF25 idle sequence 3\u003cbr\u003eF26 one shot doppler (on\/off)\u003cbr\u003eF27 brake sounds (on\/off)\u003cbr\u003eF28 cab chatter (on\/off)\u003cbr\u003eProto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnit measures: 9 1\/4” x 1 3\/8” x 2 1\/8”\u003cbr\u003eOperates on 22 radius curves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Factory New (\u003ca href=\"#\" title=\"C-9: All original; unused; factory rubs and evidence of handling, shipping and factory test run. Standards for all toy train related accessory items apply to the visual appearance of the item and do not consider the operating functionality of the equipment. Condition and Grading Standards are subjective, at best, and are intended to act as a guide.\"\u003eC-9\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperational Status:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"#\" title=\"This item is brand new from the factory.\"\u003eFunctional\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Box:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes (\u003ca href=\"#\" title=\"May have store stamps and price tags. 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