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May 31, 2017 - O Scale

ORDER DEADLINE ALERT - MTH 2017 Volume 2 - Premier 3 Rail - Diesel E-8 & PA

 

 

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Alco PA

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 America's most famous name trains, from the Pennsylvania's Broadway Limited 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, 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." 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 4449, the restored Southern Pacific Daylight - and the Smithsonian Institution repatriated two of the junked units for rebuilding.

Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel with Premier Alco PA locomotives and matching Premier 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.

 

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E-8 

In the mid-1930's, as the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was trying to interest railroads in diesel passenger power, there was a lot of experimentation in exterior design. Looking at EMD's worm-like yellow and brown Union Pacific M-10000, its gleaming stainless steel Burlington Zephyr, or the boxy, just-plain-ugly early Santa Fe units, it's apparent that here was a new function looking for its form. The first generation of road diesels found its form in 1937 when the initial E-units, built for the B&O, inaugurated the classic "covered wagon" cab unit design that would last for two decades on both freight and passenger diesels.

The earliest E-units were each virtually custom-made, with less than 20 units produced of models EA through E5. The prewar E6 was the first mass-produced passenger diesel and the last to sport the rakish, streamlined EMD nose so characteristic of the 1930s. After the war, the new E7 adopted the "bulldog" nose introduced earlier on the FT freight diesel. With the rollout of the E8 in 1949, the E-unit, America's most popular passenger diesel, reached its final visual form - just in time for the last hurrah of the American passenger train. With twin motors to ensure reliability and six-wheel trucks that rode like a Cadillac, the E8 was an engineer's dream. For hoggers who had not long ago worked in steam locomotives, the clean cab of an E-unit with its lofty, panoramic view of the road ahead was not hard to get used to.

 

Reservations Due By: June 5, 2017

Expected Release: Febuary 2018


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Product Details

MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - MKT -#153 A (Red/Gray) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208411
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - MKT -#153 B (Red/Gray) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208413
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - MKT -#155 A (Red/Gray) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208421
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Non-Powered Diesel Engine (Hi-Rail Wheels) - MKT -#154 C (Red/Gray) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208424
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Southern Pacific (Daylight) -#6006 (Orange) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208431
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - Southern Pacific (Daylight) -#5910 (Orange/Black Roof) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208433
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Southern Pacific (Daylight) -#6011 (Orange/Black Roof) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208441
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Non-Powered Diesel Engine (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Southern Pacific (Daylight) -#6010 (Orange/Black Roof) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208444
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Lehigh Valley -#608 (Red/Black) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208451
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - Lehigh Valley -#6088 (Red/Black) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208453
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Lehigh Valley -#606 (Red/Black) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208461
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Non-Powered Diesel Engine (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Lehigh Valley -#601 (Red/Black) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208464
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - New Haven(NH) -#0768 (Green) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208471
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - New Haven - #0768B (Green) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208473
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - New Haven(NH) -#0773 (Green) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208481
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - Alco PA A Unit Non-Powered Diesel Engine (Hi-Rail Wheels) - New Haven -#0771 (Green) - Expected Release Date: 2017-12-01
507-20208484
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Amtrak -#495 (Gray/5-Stripes) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208491
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - Amtrak -#475 (5-Stripe) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208493
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Amtrak -#414 (Gray/5-Stripes) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208501
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine (Non-Powered) - Amtrak -#446 (5-Stripe) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208504
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Metra -#515 (Blue/Gray/Red) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208511
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - Metra -#515B (Blue/Gray/Red) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208513
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Metra -#514 (Blue/Gray/Red) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208521
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine (Non-Powered) - Metra -#446 (Blue/Gray/Red) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208524
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Florida East Coast -#1032 (Flanger- Red/Yellow) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208531
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - Florida East Coast -#1032 B (Flanger- Red/Yellow) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208533
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Florida East Coast -#1033 (Flanger- Red/Yellow) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208541
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine (Non-Powered) - Florida East Coast -#1031 (Flanger- Red/Yellow) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208544
$249.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Frisco -#2008 (Red - Gold/White Trim) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208551
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 B-Unit Diesel (Non-Powered) - Frisco -#2008B(Red - Gold/White Trim) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208553
$199.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3 - Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine With Proto - Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - Frisco - # 2013 Sea Biscuit (Red - Gold/White Trim) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208561
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine (Non-Powered) - Frisco - #2016 Citation(Red - Gold/White Trim) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208564
$249.95
MTH -  Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine With Proto - Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - NJ Transit - # 4257(Black/Silver) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208571
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - NJ Transit - #4326(Black/Silver) - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208581
$479.95
MTH - Premier - O Scale 3-Rail - E-8 A Unit Diesel Engine (Non-Powered) - NJ Transit - Expected Release Date: 2018-02-01
507-20208584
$249.95

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