Southern Pacific Lines HO Scale MTH HO 4-8-4 GS-4 Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Overview
In 1937 the Southern Pacific trumpeted a new train in full-page magazine ads:
Let us stand by the tracks of Southern Pacific's Coast Line, as thousands now do every day and listen. Suddenly from far off comes a musical note, rising. Round a curve flashes a streak of color. Here comes the Daylight, the most beautiful train in the West!
The Daylights linked Los Angeles and San Francisco "in a glorious daylight trip, streaking along the Pacific Ocean for more than a hundred breathless miles." Travelers were invited to "Step inside the Daylight and see the beauty and luxury that have already won the West. Notice the wide, soft seats in the coaches. They are cushioned with sponge rubber and turn to face the extraordinarily large windows." Presenting a glorious streak of orange and red from locomotive to observation car, the Daylights were a sharp departure from the SP's normal dark olive passenger cars.
Leading the trains were the Southern Pacific's class GS (for "Golden State") Northerns, arguably among the handsomest steam engines ever built. Constructed by Lima Locomotive Works, inventor of the super-power concept, the Daylight 4-8-4s had the combination of power and speed that characterized steam power at its zenith. Class GS-4 engines, delivered in 1941 and 1942, were among the last and best-looking of the breed, with tall 80" drivers and enclosed all-weather cabs. In addition to handling premier passenger trains, the Golden State 4-8-4s were regularly used in high-speed freight service on the San Francisco-Los Angeles Overnight.
Features
- Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis
- Die-Cast Tender Body
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Detailed Locomotive Trucks
- Engineer and Fireman Figures
- Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
- RP25 Metal Wheels
- Interchangeable RP25 Metal Drive Wheels w/o Traction Tires
- Sprung Drivers
- (2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers
- Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
- Constant Voltage Headlight
- Operating Marker Lights
- Operating Numberboard Lights
- Lighted Cab Interior
- Operating Tender Back-up Light
- Operating MARS Light
- Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Skew-Wound Motor
- Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System
- Steaming Quillable Whistle
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
- Wireless Drawbar
- 1:87 Scale Proportions
- Operates On Code 70, 83 and 100 Track
- Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Quillable Whistle With Passenger Station Proto-Effects
- Unit Measures: 15 3/4" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2"
- Operates On 18" Radius 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