30-1324-1 4-6-4 Hudson Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 For availability see 'Find it locally' tab $299.95Product InformationDescription4-6-4 Hudson Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 - Chesapeake & Ohio Cab No. 494 Roadname: Chesapeake & OhioProduct Item Number: 30-1324-1Catalog: BJ 2004 Volume 1Product Line: RailKingDelivery Status: Delivered MAR. 2004 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 engines, 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 Baltimore & Ohio, Denver Rio Grande, New York Central, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific railroads, plus a circus paint scheme, 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 - Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell - Decorative Metal Whistle - Operating Marker Lights - Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Constant Voltage Headlight - Die-Cast Truck Sides - Colorful Paint Scheme - Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System - Locomotive Speed Control - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring:- Passenger Station Proto-Effects - Unit Measures:20 3/4" 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