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Virginian 2-6-6-6 Imperial Allegheny Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0

30-1613-1

List Price:
$699.95

Roadname:
Virginian
Cab/Car Number:
903
Product Type:
Steam Locomotive
Product Line:
RailKing
Delivery Status:
Delivered Oct. 2014

Overview

By 1940, C&O was looking for some new muscle to push, pull, and drag coal loads over the mountains between West Virginia and the eastern seaboard. Lima Locomotive Works knew they could design something that would fill C&O's needs even better than the big-boilered Texas 2-10-4s the railroad considered buying. The resulting locomotive was the 2-6-6-6 Allegheny (named for the tough mountain range it had to conquer), first delivered in 1941. The six-wheeled trailing truck that gave this locomotive a new wheel design was necessary because the firebox was located completely behind the drivers.

Not only did engineers have to add an extra set of wheels to the trailing truck, but they had to give the tender an unusual fourth pair of wheels on the rear truck. The Class H-8 Alleghenies required huge tenders-each carrying 25,000 gallons of water and 25 tons of coal. But because they still had to fit on the C&O's 115-foot turntables, the tank was made taller in the rear. The extra weight required extra wheels to support it. Other railroads, like the Virginian Railroad, that had to traverse similar mountainous territory also bought Alleghenies.

Did You Know?

Almost half the Alleghenies, which the War Production Board allowed to continue being built throughout World War II, were equipped with steam heat and signal lines for passenger service. These were sometimes used for troop trains.

Features

  • Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Constant Voltage Headlight
  • Die-Cast Truck Sides
  • (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors
  • Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr
  • Metal Handrails
  • Operating Tender Back-up Light
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Engineer and Fireman Figures
  • Real Coal Load
  • Colorful Paint Scheme
  • Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System
  • Wireless Drawbar
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Freight Yard Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures:27 3/8" x 2 5/8" x 3 5/16"
  • Operates On O-31 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
  • Smoke Volume
  • Labor Chuff
  • Drift Chuff
  • Single short whistle toot
  • Coupler Close
  • Feature Reset
  • Idle Sequence 2
  • Idle Sequence 1
  • Idle Sequence 3
  • Idle Sequence 4
  • Brakes auto/off
  • Cab Chatter auto/off
  • Clickety-Clack auto/off

Support

Manual:
Document
Parts:
Protosound:

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