Penn Central O Gauge RailKing E-33 Fruit Freight Set w/Proto-Sound 3.0

The history of the Rectifier Electric locomotive dates to the 1890s, when Peter Cooper-Hewitt and General Electric's Charles Steinmetz experimented with mercury rectifiers and sought practical industrial applications for the technology. In 1906 the new technology, which converted AC power from overhead lines to DC power for traction motors, was first applied to railroading, and years of rail car experimentation followed. Following World War II, a device known as the ignitron that made it practical to convert large amounts of current efficiently and safely came to the forefront of rectifier technology.

The Virginian Railroad ordered 12 3300 horsepower ignitron rectifier electric locomotives. The use of the ignitron on locomotives helped to open the door for the modernization of electrified railroads, and when the N&W found that the Virginian's electrified routes did not fit their post-merger traffic patterns, New Haven eagerly bought the engines. From there they found their place on the rosters of other electrified roads, many ending up on the Penn Central after mergers.

Did You Know?

The E-33s, which were called the EL-C by their original owner, the Virginian, were built with extra heavy frames and end plates to resist damage from rock slides on the Virginian's mountainous territory.

Set Features

E-33 Rectifier Electric Locomtoive

(3) Double Door Box Cars

Bay Window Caboose

Locomotive Features

Colorful Paint Scheme

Metal Chassis

Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears

(2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors

Die-Cast Truck Sides & Pilots

Directionally Controlled Headlights

(2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplersr

Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

Intricately Detailed ABS Body

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

Unit Measures:14 5/8" x 2 5/8" x 4 1/8"

Operates On O-31 Curves

Freight Car Features

Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body

Metal Wheels and Axles

Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks

Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers

Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes

Opening Car Doors

Decorative Brake Wheels

Fast-Angle Wheel Sets

Needle-Point Axles