Great Northern O Scale Premier Y1 Box Cab Electric with Proto-Sound 2.0

In the late 1920s, Great Northern received eight Alco-GE box cab electrics, classed Y1. They were used over the heavily tunneled and steeply graded Cascade Mountains in Washington, where heavy freight had to be muscled to the coast. Two motor generators in each unit converted 11,000v a.c. to 550v d.c. for the six axle-hung GE motors. GN ended electric operations in 1956, and the Pennsylvania Railroad bought all eight Y1s a year later. The Pennsy reclassified the engines as FF2s after shopping them for operations on the Pennsy lines. Used mainly in helper service between Philadelphia and Paoli and Thorndale and Columbia PA, these eight electrics did the work of 15 diesels, which were transferred elsewhere. The Premier Y1 boxcab is a valuable addition to any electric railroad and will look and operate well with the M.T.H. catenary system. Did You Know? There were so many long tunnels on the Great Northern's 72-mile-long Cascade Mountain route that the line had to be electrified to prevent crews and passengers from asphyxiating in the exhaust of steam locomotives powering up the steep grades.

- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplersr - Metal Chassis - (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors - Locomotive Speed Control - Illuminated Number Boards - Directionally Controlled Headlights - Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Authentic Paint Scheme - Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn - Lighted Cab Interior - Lighted Marker Lights - (2) Engineer Cab Figures - Spinning Roof Fans - Metal Body Side Grilles - Intricately Detailed Die-Cast Body - Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Operating Pantographs - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring:- Freight Yard Proto-Effects - Unit Measures:19 x 2 5/8 x 3 3/8 - Operates On O-72 Curves