Jersey Central O Scale Premier 4-6-2 P47 Blue Comet Steam Passenger Set w/Proto-Sound 3.0

At the very apex of the Roaring Twenties, just months before 1929 stock market crash, the Central of New Jersey Railroad inaugurated its twice-daily Blue Comet service between Jersey City and Atlantic City. Heading the fast, luxurious trains were the CNJ's nearly-new Baldwin-built class G-3 heavy Pacifics. Like most railroads in the 1920s, the CNJ had been forced to buy larger motive power to cope with heavier steel trains and increasing patronage. Aging fleets of 4-4-0s, 4-4-2s, and 4-6-0s had become inadequate as business expanded, and the 4-6-2 Pacific type became the standard fast passenger engine on many railroads.

Five P47 Pacifics headed up the Jersey's famed passenger trains. Three locomotives - painted in a beautiful blue livery with nickel trim and numbered 831, 832 and 833 - covered The Blue Comet's fast schedule along the Jersey shoreline. A fourth G-3, No. 834, was painted green and sped The Bullet between New York City and Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The fifth locomotive, No. 835, wore gleaming black paint and hauled The Queen of the Valley, a deluxe train from New York City to Harrisburg.

The P47 returns to the Premier lineup for 2011, upgraded for the first time with Imperial details that include lighted classification lights, tender truck safety chains, and a real coal load. Keep the hottest varnish on your railroad running smoothly and on time with tone of these handsome dependable Pacifics.

Set Includes:

Jersey Central 4-6-2 P47 Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 2.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)

2-Car 70' ABS Baggage/Coach Madison Passenger Set

70' ABS Madison Passenger Car

70' ABS Madison Observation Car

Locomotive Features:

Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body

1:48 Scale Proportions

Die-Cast Metal Chassis

Real Coal Load

Metal Wheels and Axles

Constant Voltage Headlight

Die-Cast Truck Sides

Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler

Engineer and Fireman Figures

Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell

Decorative Metal Whistle

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System

Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor

Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable

Wireless Drawbar

Illuminated Number Boards

Illuminated Classification Lights

Lighted Cab Interior

Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects

Unit Measures:22" x 2 3/4" x 3 7/8"

Operates On O-42 Curves

Passenger Set Features

Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies

Metal Wheels and Axles

Overhead Interior Lighting

Die-Cast 6-Wheel Trucks

Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers

Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes

End-of-Car Diaphragms

Separate Metal Handrails

Fast-Angle Wheel Sets

Needle-Point Axles

Detailed Car Interiors

10 Passenger Figures In Each Coach Car

1:48 Scale Dimensions

Detailed Car Undercarriage

Sliding Baggage Car Doors

Operates On O-42 Curves