Description
The PA was Alco's glamour girl. While Electro-Motive's E-units easily beat Alco's passenger engine in terms of popularity, 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 the most famous name trains from coast to coast, from the Santa Fe's Super Chief to the New Haven's Merchants' Limited.
The muscular PA profile and its elegant nose with the characteristic grille around the headlight were designed by Ray Patten of General Electric. At the time, GE and Alco were partners in the locomotive business, with GE making the electrical equipment for all Alco diesels. 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.
Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel with the RailKing Alco PA locomotive and matching RailKing passenger sets. Our ProtoSound 3.0 sound and control system brings you the authentic sounds of an Alco prime mover and 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.
This O Gauge Railking Christmas Express Lines Alco PA1 Diesel Locomotive Features:
•Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
•Die-Cast Truck Sides & Pilot
•Metal Chassis
•Metal Handrails and Horn
•Authentic Paint Scheme
•Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
•(2) Remote-Controlled Proto-Couplers
•(2) Operating Metal Couplers
•Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
•Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
•(2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
•Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
•Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
•Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Passenger Station Proto-Effects
•Unit Measures: 40 1/4” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4”
•Operates On O-31 Curves
Diesel DCC Features:
•F0 Head/Tail light
•F1 Bell
•F2 Horn
•F3 Start-up/Shut-down
•F4 PFA
•F5 Lights (except head/tail)
•F6 Master Volume
•F7 Front Coupler
•F8 Rear Coupler
•F9 Forward Signal
•F10 Reverse Signal
•F11 Grade Crossing
•F12 Smoke On/Off
•F13 Smoke Volume
•F14 Idle Sequence 3
•F15 Idle Sequence 2
•F16 Idle Sequence 1
•F17 Extended Start-up
•F18 Extended Shut-down
•F19 Rev Up
•F20 Rev Down
•F21 One Shot Doppler
•F22 Coupler Slack
•F23 Coupler Close
•F24 Single Horn Blast
•F25 Engine Sounds
•F26 Brake Sounds
•F27 Cab Chatter
•F28 Feature Reset