30-1198-1 4-6-4 Hudson Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 For availability see 'Find it locally' tab $399.95Product InformationDescription4-6-4 Hudson Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 - NYC Cab # 5427 Roadname: New York CentralProduct Item Number: 30-1198-1Catalog: BB 2001 Volume 3Product Line: RailKingDelivery Status: Delivered DEC. 2001 OverviewNew York Central and ALCO built the Hudson in 1927 to serve as a powerful and fast passenger engine along the railroad's famed "Water Level Route." The Hudson was such an immediate and enormous success that other railroads quickly copied its combination of large drivers and fireboxes to boost their own high-speed passenger service. Other railroads, such as the Santa Fe, which used a Hudson to pull a mail train the 2227 miles from Los Angeles to Chicago without changing, also found that the 4-6-4 arrangement made for a fast moving, long hauling engine. The Hudson was an unqualified success, heading up glamorous name passenger trains for railroads across the country. The RailKing Hudson, available in the markings of the Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & NorthWestern, New York Central, and Santa Fe, will pull your crack passenger trains as smoothly as the prototypes pulled theirs. Did You Know? Although NYC gets the credit for the first Hudsons, it was actually the Milwaukee Road's designer C.H. Bilty that designed the first 4-6-4, which he called a "Baltic," in 1925. However, they delayed building the locomotive, and NYC got to claim the success. Features- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Metal Wheels and Axles - Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor - Locomotive Speed Control - Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell - Decorative Metal Whistle - Operating Marker Lights - Operating ProtoSmoker System - Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Colorful Paint Scheme - Constant Voltage Headlight - Die-Cast Truck Sides - Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr - Operating Firebox Glow - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring:- Freight Yard Proto-Effects - Unit Measures:21 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 3 5/8" - Operates On O-31 Curves Find It LocallyThis product may not have shipped yet or is completely sold out. Click on the show button to see who might have it on order. Support