MTH Premier NYC ALCo PA (Non-Powered)
Hi Rail
MTH#20-21246-3 Road #4302
The PA was Alco's glamour girl. While Electro-Motive's E-units easily
beat Alco's passenger engine in terms of popularity, the PA is widely
regarded as the most beautiful first-generation diesel - period. Perhaps
no other locomotive looked so right at the head of the streamlined
trains of the late forties and fifties that were the last hurrah of
American long-distance passenger service. The 294 PA's and cabless PB's
built between 1946 and 1953 powered some of America's most famous name
trains, from the Pennsylvania's
Broadway Limited to the New Haven's
Merchants' Limited.
The
muscular PA profile and its elegant nose, with the characteristic
grille around the headlight, were designed by Ray Patten, General
Electric's head of industrial design. At the time, GE and Alco were
partners in the locomotive business, with GE making the electrical
equipment for all Alco diesels. Patten's design was described as "a
locomotive so distinctive and so powerful looking that it actually helps
railroads sell their services to passengers and shippers." Under the
hood of the PA beat a 16-cylinder model 244 prime mover that developed
2000 hp. Depending on their gearing, PA's could hustle a passenger
consist along at up to 100 mph.
In Stock
MSRP $199.95 NYCSHS Members Price $159.96 Shipping is extra and Ohio
residents must pay 8% Ohio sales tax.
Posted 5/6/20
