Description
Description
This is MTH 80-3234-1 HO NYC 4-6-4 W/PS3.0. 4-6-4 Dreyfuss steam engine with Proto-Sound 3.0, New York Central (boxpox drivers/plain bearings on side rods). Cab number: 5447. The 1938 edition of the Twentieth Century Limited is often regarded as the high water mark of the American passenger train. Thirty-six years to the day after passengers strode down a red plush carpet to the first run of the Century – inspiring the phrase ”red carpet treatment” – the new incarnation of America’s most famous train pulled out of Grand Central Station behind a homely boxcab electric. Thirty-three miles later, at Harmon, New York, the train was turned over to a streamlined Hudson with a prow reminiscent of a Roman gladiator’s helmet, and the effect was complete. From engine to observation car, in every detail down to the dining car china and matchbook covers, the train had been styled by Henry Dreyfus, a giant in the then-new profession of industrial design. The design was so handsome and striking that it became a symbol of the New York Central railroad and, later, of the entire Art Deco era. Decades later, Time magazine selected the locomotive as its single symbol of the twentieth century.
Advertised as ”the first all-room train in America, 16 hours between New York and Chicago,” the 1938 Century was the last word in luxury travel. Every afternoon the famous red carpet was unfurled in Grand Central Station, welcoming passengers aboard. Taking aim at Pennsy’s rival Broadway Limited, which had to cross the Allegheny Mountains to make the same trip, the New York Central promoted itself as ”The Water Level Route. You Can Sleep.”
Leading the train was one of the best examples of streamlining ever applied to a locomotive. Unlike Raymond Loewy’s design for the Broadway Limited’s Pacifics, which largely hid the engine under a streamlined shroud, Dreyfuss’ styling clung tightly to the locomotive, glorifying rather than hiding its shape and boldly displaying the wheel and rod motion that make a steam engine so exciting. No wonder the Dreyfus Hudson has been a favorite image of graphic artists ever since.
New for 2009, M.T.H. introduces the most fun-to-operate HO model of this landmark locomotive ever made. Our Dreyfus Hudson is offered in several prototypical versions with either the original 1938 paint scheme with blue edging on the stripes, or the cleaner, more simplified 1940 scheme. Play the departure announcements for the Twentieth Century Limited and begin your trip so smoothly that your passengers won’t realize they’re moving. Listen to the chuff sounds and synchronized puffs of smoke accelerate as your train picks up speed. If you’re operating with the M.T.H. DCS system, you can even make your own signature sounds with the quillable whistle feature. In model railroading, it doesn’t get any better than this.
Its key features are:
Die-cast boiler and tender body
Die-cast metal chassis
Die-cast truck sides
Authentic paint scheme & cab numbers
RP-25 metal wheels mounted on metal axles
Constant voltage headlight
Prototypical Rule 17 lighting
Detailed truck sides
Detailed cab interior
Powerful balanced 12-volt 5-pole precision skew-wound flywheel equipped motor
Wireless drawbar with close coupling option
Two Kadee scale couplers
Metal handrails
Decorative metal whistle
Sprung drive wheels
Synchronized puffing ProtoSmoke system
Locomotive speed control
Locomotive cab to tender deck plate
Detailed tender undercarriage
Real coal load
Operating tender back-up light
Interchangeable traction tire-equipped drive wheels
On-board DCC receiver
Operates on Code 70, 83, & 100 rail curves
Operating Kadee compatible remote controlled Proto-Coupler
Proto-sound 3.0 with The Digital Command System featuring: passenger station Proto-Rffects
Unit measures: 13 1/2” x 1 1/2” x 2 1/8”
Operates on 18” radius curves
Proto-Sound 3.0 equipped l
Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)
Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 80-3234-1
Road Name: New York Central (NYC)
MSRP: $499.95
Scale/Era: HO Scale
Model Type: Steam Loco
The Trainz SKU for this item is P11978268.
Trainz Product Id: 11978268
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