EARLY MTH FROM 1994!!! Appeals to operators and collectors.
Here is a super MTH item from Mike's Train House's earliest days.
This is the famous NYC 4912 USRA Pacific diecast steam engine and tender from 1994. Yup--1994. This is a great work horse steam engine for the layout. Check out all the detail in the casting. These earliest models used a very heavy thick metal.
Has a fresh battery installed.
This model was released before Protosounds 2. It has Protosounds, in which you can program using your transformer or Z-4000 using the codes in the instructions. With the unique sounds of Proto-Sound: Chuffing, whistle, bell, and more.
As early a release as it is, it is in the QSI days of course, so it is not yet DCS. In addition, this is before fan driven smoke units. They used Seuthe smoke units which are nice but near as voluminous as the fan driven version. Also, the battery on these units could be turned on and off. There is a switch in the tender!
Some of the features operate a little differently than in later years--the whistle works in motion but not in the station. You may be able to program it. So that you can enjoy and understand it all, I am including a manual from a different engine that year but the mechanics are the same.
Features
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New York Central
- Die cast locomotive
- Die cast tender shell
- Die-cast trucks
- Ready to Run
- ProtoSound digital sound
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Programmable (through transformer) train control system with squeaking brakes, coupler release and more
- Steam train Sound effects
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Smoke (by Seuthe)
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Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis,
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Real coal load in tender
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Operating marker lights
- 1/48 Scale Sizing,
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis,
- Metal Wheels and Axles,
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Pittman Flywheel-Equipped Motor,
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Proto-Sounds 1.0
- remote controlled Proto-Couplers,
- All metal gears
- Metal handrail & decorative whistle
- Constant voltage headlight
- Engineer and fireman figures
- firebox glow,
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and great detail
- Precision, ball-bearing equipped gearbox
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Operating tender backup light
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Measures 24 inches long
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Weighs over 12 pounds
CONDITION: C-7. Tested and works great. Runs, Sounds, Smokes. Cosmetically looks nice with a few rubs just from handling. MIssing little cosmetic builders plate on one side; a few small paint rubs on tender. Solid crisp print. Fresh battery installed. NO BOX. With a COPY of original instructions for a similar engine that has the same mechanics.