014 PRR M1b 4-8-2^HO Scale same model shown. Production units may differ.
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Note: HO Scale sample models shown for reference.
PRR M1a/b 4-8-2
Features:
Beautifully Detailed, Accurately Modeled Locomotive and Tender
Body
Authentic Design, Paint and Color Schemes
Authentic Sounds (Sound Equipped Units Only) and
Prototypical Operation
Many Separately Applied Details Including Brass Bell /
Rails
Constant Intensity Directional Lighting
Traction Tire-Equipped for Maximum Traction
Locomotive Composition: ABS with Die Cast Chassis
Tender Composition: ABS with Die Cast Chassis
Locomotive Length: 4.2"
Tender Length: 3.8"
Total Coupler-to-Coupler Length: 8.3"
Motor Type: 5-Pole Can with Skewed Armature & Fly
Wheel
Couplers: (2) Micro Trains
#1015 or Compatible
Recommended Minimum Radius: 9.75"
"No Sound, DCC Upgradeable"
Units denoted as No Sound, DCC Upgradeable are units
that are not sound equipped and function only in DC. Modelers may choose
to install an NMRA compliant DCC decoder into the onboard socket to upgrade to
DCC functionality.
In 1930, the celebrated success
of the M1 Mountain-type locomotives prompted the Pennsylvania Railroad to order
100 more locomotives of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. The new locomotives became
the M1a class and had a longer wheelbase than the M1's due to the addition of
the Worthington feedwater heater. They also received new larger tenders, class
210F75, which became known as the coast-to-coast tenders.
The first 50 M1a locomotives,
#6700 - 6749, were built by Baldwin. The Juniata Shops, which became known as
the "Altoona Works," built the next 25 M1a's numbered 6750 - 6774,
and the remaining 25 M1a's were built by Lima and were numbered 6775 - 6799.
Starting in 1946, 41 of the
M1a's received further improvements by increasing the boiler pressure and
adding circulators to the firebox. The improved M1a's became the M1b class. The
best way to tell them apart is to look for the circulators on the firebox just
above the running boards. The circulators are those round objects in a diagonal
line which look like wash-out plugs.
The PRR M1a/b's were
considered to be the finest of the Pennsylvania Railroad's steam locomotives.
They were designed as dual service locomotives, hauling passenger trains and
also saw duty in general freight service. And, in the end, they even hauled the
heavy ore trains, which they were not originally intended to pull. They did it
all in style!
