Rapido Trains Inc. - HO Scale - Alco FA-1 Diesel Locomotive - DC/DCC Ready - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) #9601 - Black/Gold With Gold Lettering (SKU 224-37033)
Available On: February 1, 2024
Between January 1946 and October 1950 a total of 440 FA-1s and 240 FB-1s were built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo) and their Canadian subsidiary, the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). They were originally sold to twenty-five railroads in the US, Canada and Mexico. The FA-1 (and its matching booster, the FB-1) was rated at 1500 horsepower and was designed primarily as a freight hauler.
In a market that was becoming dominated by EMD products, the FA-1 came in a distant second due in part to reliability issues with its rushed-to-market 244 prime mover. Still, they were popular with several roads and could be found at the head of freights into the late 1960s.
Following on to our FPA-4, FA-2 and PA loco models, our new FA-1 continues the Rapido tradition for accurate ALCo cab units with unsurpassed detail.
Rapido’s new HO scale FA-1 and FB-1 feature:
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