HO Scale MTH 80-2084-0 NH New Haven Mcginnis ALCO PA Diesel #0785 with DCC

Welcome to MODEL TRAIN MARKET - Your Source for Rare, Hard-To-Find & Out of Production Model Trains. HO Scale MTH 80-2084-0 NH New Haven "Mcginnis" ALCO PA Diesel #0785 w/ DCC. Cosmetic Condition: C-8 Like New. Running Condition: Runs Well on both DC & DCC. Lighting Features : Number Boards, Class Lights, Headlight.

DCC Status : DCC Dual Mode Decoder Installed. Overview: 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.

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. Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers. Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank.

(2) Cab Figures In A Unit. RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles. Powerful 12-Volt 5-Pole Precision Skew-Wound Flywheel Equipped Motor In Each Unit. (2) User-Installed Kadee Compatible Magnetic Couplers For Each Unit.

Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves. Unit Measures:9 1/4" x 1 3/8" x 2 1/8. Operates On 22 Radius Curves. Please message us right away with any issues you experience with your order. Welcome to Model Train Market, your online Hobby Shop!

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Gauge: HO
Type: Diesel Locomotive
Brand: MTH
Material: Plastic
MPN: 80-2084-0
Scale: 1:87
Box: Original Box
Control: Dual - Analog & Digital
Couplers: Knuckle Style
DCC: DCC Dual Mode Decoder Installed
Grading: C-8 Like New
Lighting: Number Boards, Class Lights, Headlight
Paint: Factory Painted
Paperwork: Original Paperwork Included
Power Supply: DC
Running Condition: Runs Well on both DC & DCC
Sound: None
State of Assembly: Ready to Go/Pre-built
Train Operating Company: New Haven
Wheel Wear: Very Little
UPC: 658081292021