MTH 4-6-4 J-1e Hudson Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels) - New York Central LinesAT WWW.PATSTRAINS.COM

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In Thoroughbreds, Alvin Staufer and Edward May's definitive book on the New York Central Hudsons, Al summarizes the attraction of this engine in a few perhaps-biased but nonetheless eloquent words: "The Hudsons had it all: looks, performance, and timing. . [The] forte of all Hudsons was power at speed.. That [the NYC Hudson] was the first of her wheel arrangement in the United States matters not nearly as much as what she hauled and how she hauled it. The Hudsons were designed to haul the Great Steel Fleet on the Water Level Route [the NYC's raceway from New York to Chicago, home of the 20th Century Limited and the Empire State Express, and the bane of rival Pennsylvania Railroad, whose route lay over the Allegheny Mountains]. The Hudsons were a New York Central phenomenon. They were a special machine for that special road. They were synonymous with the best. They were the best." Thanks to Joshua Lionel Cowen, the Hudson also holds a special place in the history of 3-rail O gauge. Lionel's 700E scale Hudson, manufactured from 1937 to 1942, set a standard of detail for 3-rail engines that was unmatched for nearly 50 years, until Jerry Williams and Mike Wolf began the trend toward scale detailing that continues today.  Like Lionel in 1937, we believe our model of this engine exemplifies the best in today's O gauge locomotives. The M.T.H. J1e reappears in the Premier Line in 2008 in splendid dress striping and sporting the power and performance of Proto-Soundr 2.0.  Did You Know? Built mainly in Alco's Schenectady shops in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the NYC Hudsons were part of the "super-power" era of steam technology that began with Lima's A1 Berkshire in 1924. Super power engines were the external combustion engine refined to its finest form, with technological advances such as bigger fireboxes supported by 4-wheel trailing trucks; higher pressure, more efficient boilers; superheaters to increase the heat of the steam so it could do more work; and larger drivers for speed and power (79" on the Hudsons). Features Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis Die-Cast Tender Body Authentic Paint Scheme Real Tender Coal Load Die-Cast Locomotive and Tender Trucks Engineer and Fireman Figures Metal Handrails and Whistle Metal Wheels and Axles Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler Kadee Coupler Mounting Pads Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting Constant Voltage Headlight Operating Firebox Glow Operating Marker Lights Lighted Cab Interior Operating Tender Back-up Light 7-Pole Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments Wireless Drawbar 1:48 Scale Proportions Onboard DCC Receiver Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Quillable Whistle With Passenger Station Proto-Effects Unit Measures:27" x 2 1/2" x 3 7/8" Operates On O-42 Curves Steam DCC Features Headlight/Tail light Bell Whistle Start-up/Shut-down Passenger Station/Freight Yard Sounds All Other Lights (On/Off) Master Volume Front Coupler Rear Coupler Forward Signal Reverse Signal Grade Crossing Smoke On/Off Smoke Volume Idle Sequence 3 Idle Sequence 2 Idle Sequence 1 Extended Start-up Extended Shut-down One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds Cab Chatter Feature Reset Labor Chuff Drift Chuff

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Conceived in the late 1930s as a replacement for the Pennsylvania Railroad's aging fleet of K4 Pacifics, the T1, according to Al Staufer in his book Pennsy Power, "was everything: beautiful, unusual, fast, slippery, success and failure." With the advantage of hindsight, we can see the T1 was a steam engine born when the steam era was virtually over, but that was not apparent to the Pennsy at the time. The T1 incorporated a number of very advanced design features. Although it looked like an articulated, it was actually a duplex: two engines on a single rigid frame. The idea was to eliminate all the moving parts (including flexible steam pipes) required to swivel the front engine of an articulated, yet retain the additional power offered by two pairs of cylinders. Instead of the piston valves used by most steam engines to control the flow of steam to the cylinders, the T1 used poppet valves, a design somewhat similar to the valves in an automobile engine. Based on tests with experimental K4 Pacifics, the Pennsy had determined that poppet valves performed better, especially at the higher speeds required in passenger service. Styled by famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy, the T1 represented the Pennsy's best hopes for a technologically advanced steamer that could compete with diesels.  Extensive testing of the first two T1s, delivered in 1942, indicated the new design was a winner - a single passenger engine capable of hauling a sixteen car train at a hundred miles an hour. Glowing reports from these tests convinced management to place an order for 50 additional engines. Pennsy's Altoona works and Baldwin Locomotive Works split the order, each producing 25 engines in 1945-46. In actual service, however, the production T1s did not live up to the promise of the test engines. Although they were indeed speedy and powerful, the poppet valves turned out to be a maintenance nightmare. The fact that the mechanism was inside the frame made repairs particularly difficult. And the rigid duplex frame gave the engine an unfortunate tendency to rock back and put most of its weight on the rear drivers, allowing the front engine to slip uncontrollably. It took a very skillful engineer to keep a T1 pulling surely on all eight drivers. Given more time, these problems could perhaps have been solved, but in the late 1940s time was up for the steam locomotive. In the end, the T1 was a grand, handsome experiment that failed. For 2014 the Pennsylvania T1 returns to the M.T.H. lineup in two Special Edition train sets. Each more sure-footed than the prototype and featuring, for the first time, Proto-Sound 3.0 and Proto-Scale 3-2T 3-rail/2-rail compatibility. Available in freight or passenger configurations, each set includes authentic Proto-EffectsT including the New York-Chicago Broadway Limited Passenger Station sound set for the passenger set. The Premier T1 is the only die-cast O scale model of the original 1942 engines, which bore the full beauty of Raymond Loewy's styling: very angular prow, deep side skirting, front portholes, and fancy tender decoration. Engines 6110 and 6111 looked almost exactly like one of Loewy's original design sketches. In the 50 later production engines, Loewy's styling was compromised with a flatter prow and shorter side skirting; some engines also had a less stylized front end that exposed the cylinders. Features Set Features Die-Cast T-1 Steam Locomotive 4-Car Passenger Car Consist Locomotive Features Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis Die-Cast Tender Body Authentic Paint Scheme Real Tender Coal Load Die-Cast Locomotive and Tender Trucks Engineer and Fireman Figures Metal Handrails and Whistle Metal Wheels and Axles Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler Kadee Coupler Mounting Pads Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting Constant Voltage Headlight Operating Firebox Glow Operating Marker Lights Lighted Cab Interior Operating Tender Back-up Light 7-Pole Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments Wireless Drawbar 1:48 Scale Proportions Onboard DCC Receiver Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Quillable Whistle With Passenger Station Proto-Effects Unit Measures:27" x 2 1/2" x 3 7/8" Operates On O-42 Curves  Passenger Car Features Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Bodies Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers Separate Metal Handrails Fast-Angle Wheel Sets Needle-Point Axles Opening Car Doors Detailed Interiors 10 Passenger Figures In Each Car Overhead Interior Lighting