Central Pacific O Gauge RailKing 4-4-0 General Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0

Just four years after the war that nearly tore the nation apart, the fledgling railroad industry helped bind it together again. On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, with the gentle tapping of four precious metal spikes into a laurelwood tie, the first transcontinental railroad was completed. Perhaps in reference to the Civil War, the official Golden Spike was engraved, “May God continue the unity of our country as the railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world.”

The two engines that touched noses at the Golden Spike ceremony, coming from east and west, were both 4-4-0’s — a wheel arrangement celebrated in Currier & Ives prints and so prevalent on U.S. railroads that it was called the American. The 4-4-0 was the passenger engine of the last half of the nineteenth century. It carried the nation westward, transported millions of Americans out of their home towns for the first time, and hauled a good deal of freight as well. Often beautifully colored and pinstriped, the 4-4-0 steam engine became a symbol of U.S. railroading.

The Pennsylvania Railroad, never one to do things in a small way, built or bought over 1500 Americans between 1849 and 1910. For five decades, engines of this wheel arrangement were the road’s principal passenger power. Some remained in local service as late as World War II.

For 2019, the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony, we present these RailKing models of the 4-4-0, decorated as they appeared in the Victorian era — when railroads were the most luxurious form of land transportation known to man. Equipped with Proto-Sound 3.0, these models feature synchronized puffing smoke, LED lighting, smooth operation from a crawl to full throttle, and a full complement of digital sounds including passenger station arrival and departure announcements.

• Intricately Detailed, Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis
• Intricately Detailed, Die-Cast Tender Body
• Colorful Paint Scheme
• Die-Cast Locomotive Trucks
• Metal Handrails, Whiste and Bell
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Remote-Controlled Proto-Coupler
• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
• Constant Voltage LED Headlight
• Powerful Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor
• Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• Wireless Drawbar
• Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
• Near-Scale Proportions
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring- Freight Yard Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures: 17 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 4 1/4”
• Operates On O-31 Curves Steam DCC Features
• F0 Head/Tail light
• F1 Bell
• F2 Horn
• F3 Start-up/Shut-down
• F4 PFA
• F5 Lights (except head/tail)
• F6 Master Volume
• F7 Front Coupler
• F8 Rear Coupler
• F9 Forward Signal
• F10 Reverse Signal
• F11 Grade Crossing
• F12 Smoke On/Off
• F13 Smoke Volume
• F14 Idle Sequence 3
• F15 Idle Sequence 2
• F16 Idle Sequence 1
• F17 Extended Start-up
• F18 Extended Shut-down
• F19 Labor Chuff
• F20 Drift Chuff
• F21 One Shot Doppler
• F22 Coupler Slack
• F23 Coupler Close
• F24 Single Horn Blast
• F25 Engine Sounds
• F26 Brake Sounds
• F27 Cab Chatter
• F28 Feature Reset