COMPLETE SIX CAR SET PLUS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
NASA ROCKET PARTS LOAD ON EACH CAR UNDER THE YELLOW COVER
Here is one of the most unique and desirable MTH passenger sets--as complete as it gets! This is a rocket motor transportation set where each car carries a separate part of the rocket.
From MTH: If you have ever wondered how NASA moves those solid rockets around prior to launch, then this all-new Solid Rocket Transport train should give you the answer. Due to the rocket motor's large size, moving it completely assembled from its Utah manufacturing site to Cape Canaveral, Florida is impractical. Consequently, the rocket section is loaded atop a heavy-duty flat car and transported by rail in a unit train to the launch area where it is then assembled. The route traveled takes the train southeast via the Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, CSX and Florida East Coast routes. Each rocket section is covered with a removable large steel cover for both protection and secrecy as to the car's load. Often each car in the unit train is separated by "buffer" car that can absorb any impact caused by a derailment or other mishap. The buffer cars can take the form of additional flat cars with covers or a boxcar.
The Premier Line six-car Solid Rocket Transport train set includes:
- Dash-8 Diesel Locomotive with Proto-Sound 2.0, Union Pacific
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Five 47' TTX Heavy Duty Flat Cars with covers
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The car cover houses different sections of the rocket, each of which can be removed from the car and assembled into a free-standing rocket. When assembled, the rocket measures 30" in height or nearly 123 scale feet!
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The car cover houses different sections of the rocket, each of which can be removed from the car and assembled into a free-standing rocket. When assembled, the rocket measures 30" in height or nearly 123 scale feet!
- One 70' streamlined passenger coach--serving as the Transport train's crew car.
Check out our other listings for other O scale passenger items we have listed.
Diesel engine Features:
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers
- Metal Chassis
- (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors
- Illuminated Number Boards
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body
- Directionally Controlled Headlights
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn
- Lighted Marker Lights
- (2) Engineer Cab Figures
- Spinning Roof Fans
- Metal Body Side Grilles
- Operating Smoke Unit
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
- Lighted Cab Interior
- Locomotive Speed Control
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Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital Command System
- Featuring:- Freight Yard Proto-Effects
- Metal Wheels and Axles
- Sprung Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
- Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
- Needle-Point Axles
- Separate Metal Handrails
- Decorative Brake Wheels
- Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Bodies
- Removable Cover
- Removable Rocket Section
- 1:48 Scale Dimensions Crew Car Features
- Metal Wheels and Axles
- Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
- Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
- Needle-Point Axles
- Separate Metal Handrails
- Decorative Brake Wheels
- Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Bodies
- Detailed Car Interior
- Operating Overhead Car Lighting
- End-of-Car Diaphragms
- Opening Car Doors
- Detailed Car Undercarriage
- 1:48 Scale Dimensions
- Unit Measures: 18 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 4 1/16
- Operates On O-31 Curves Flat Car
PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.
CONDITION: C-10 appears new in boxes. Boxes have minor box and shelfwear such as creases, rubs. Set box is a little soft. With the outer shipper which shows typical shipper wear. We will ship it in yet another box to protect the shipper for you. Pictures are part of the description.
SHIPPING INCLUDES INSURANCE AND SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION.