Switch engines are an essential, specialized piece of railroad equipment that look quite different from their kin that work the mainline. Because of the nature of their work, moving cars around railroad yards, switch engines spent much of their time waiting for their assignments. That means steam switchers needed smaller fireboxes, boilers, and tanks than road engines. The cut out or sloping tanks on most steam switchers were designed to give good rear visibility, which was essential for these small and agile engines that needed to slip into tight spaces where other engines could not fit. The 0-6-0 switcher would typically have been assigned to move about six cars at a time.

The rugged RailKing 0-6-0 is perfect for working the yard of any early twentieth-century layout. This sturdy model comes in the markings of the Pennsylvania, Long Island, Baltimore & Ohio, and Jersey Central railroads.

Did You Know? Steam switchers almost always had front and rear sand boxes, though the rear one was sometimes hidden inside the cab rather than appearing as a prominent dome.

Metal Wheels and Axles

(2) Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr

Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor

Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell

Decorative Metal Whistle

Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body

Constant Voltage Headlight

Die-Cast Truck Sides

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System

Operating Tender Back-up Light

Engineer Cab Figure

Real Coal Load

Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Freight Yard Proto-Effects

Unit Measures:17" x 2 1/2" x 3 5/8"

Operates On O-27 Curves

Steam DCC Features

Headlight on/off

Bell on/off

Whistle/Horn on/off

Start-up/Shut-down

PFA initiate and advance

Cab Light on/off

Engine Sounds on/off

Volume low, med, high, off

Smoke on/off

Forward Signal Sound

Reverse Signal Sound

Coupler Slack Sound

Grade Crossing

One-Shot Doppler on/off

Extended Start Up

Extended Shut Down

Labor Chuff

Drift Chuff

Smoke Volume

Single short whistle toot

Coupler Close

Feature Reset

Idle Sequence 1

Idle Sequence 2

Idle Sequence 3

Idle Sequence 4

Brakes auto/off

Cab Chatter auto/off

Clickety-Clack auto/off