20-3196-1 O Scale Premier I-5 4-6-4 Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) For availability see 'Find it locally' tab $1,099.95Product InformationDescriptionI-5 4-6-4 Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - NH Cab No. - 1406 Roadname: New HavenProduct Item Number: 20-3196-1Catalog: BS 2005 Volume 2Product Line: PremierScale: O ScaleDelivery Status: CancelledThis product is compatible with all O Gauge 3-Rail track systems including those systems offered by Atlas and Gargraves and Lionel and Ross Custom Switches. OverviewSix decades before Amtrak's Acela, the New Haven's streamlined I-5 Hudsons ruled what would later be called the Northeast Corridor. Operating under bankruptcy in the depths of the Depression, the New Haven in 1936 solicited bids for a new steam passenger engine to replace its fleet of overworked and tired I-4 Pacifics. Almost all previous steamers and nearly all first-generation diesels on the New Haven were Alco products. But Baldwin got the nod for the I-5 order because it was the sole firm that would meet the railroad's price of $110,000 per engine. The only streamlined steam power in New England and the last steamers built for the New Haven, the ten gleaming black and stainless steel I-5's arrived on the property in 1937. Their Assignment: 12 eastbound and 12 westbound trains daily on the 156.8-mile Shore Line from Boston's South Station to New Haven, where electric power took over for the final sprint to New York City. The new I-5s easily met the New Haven's need for a locomotive that could accelerate quickly to 70 mph between the Shore Line's many stops, while pulling a train of 14 or more cars. Within less than five years, however, the arrival of Alco DL-109 diesels challenged the I-5s supremacy on the Colonial and other crack passenger trains. Because it beat the new diesels in medium and high-speed acceleration, the I-5 remained the preferred power on the New Haven's top passenger run, the extra-fare Merchant's Limited. But by 1950 a new fleet of Alco PA passenger diesels had doomed the handsome I-5s to the scrap line. New for 2005, MTH announces the most accurate and feature-laden I-5 ever built in O scale. Researched extensively from New Haven blueprints and photos, our model will feature aluminum paint striping on the locomotive and tender, as well as the steamboat-style whistle that distinguished this New Haven speedster. Two versions will be offered; engine 1401 as built with block tender lettering and full driver striping, and engine 1406 as she appeared in the 1940's with a large script tender herald. Features- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Authentic Paint Scheme - Metal Wheels and Axles - Constant Voltage Headlight - Die-Cast Truck Sides - Precision Pittmanr Flywheel Equipped Motor - Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Operating Firebox Glow - Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell - Decorative Metal Whistle - Operating Marker Lights - Lighted Cab Interior - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System - Operating Tender Back-up Light - Locomotive Speed Control - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring:- Passenger Station Proto-Effects - Unit Measures:26" x 2 5/8" x 3 7/8" - Operates On O-42 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