Weaver Brass Pennsylvania PRR M1a 4-8-2 w/QSI QS-2+ Sound, C8, LNIB

Description: Appears in like new, pristine condition, no defects/blemishes found. Original box with factory packaging and accessories shown. This beautiful brass engine was upgraded to a QSI QS2+ sound system with 28 menus for various train operations/sounds. The sound and function features are identical to MTH PS 1.0 with some upgrade features. Has the usual engine chuffing, steam sounds and passenger station anouncements. There are a lot of other features as you can see on the menus card. This loco was used for my Christmas train as seen by the decorations. I will include everything in photos. The stickers on the side of the tender are peel and stick, so you could take these off with no damage to paint. This loco can run automatically around the track using menu #11. It will start/stop and blow the whistle automatically without input from the transformer and continue doing this until you stop it. Very cool. This is not a command control system used with a remote. It will run just with a standard A/C transformer with whistle and bell functions. The whistle and steam sounds are typical of a 2-8-8-2 Y6B Steam (Chip #305). This has been ran a few times by myself, so I know it runs well. I would not use any QSI equipped locomotive with the newer digital transformers. I use the old post war Lionel transformers such as the ZW250/275 and have never had any issues. The newer transformers sometimes do not work properly with the QSI sound systems. Just my personal experience. Traction tires seem to be in good shape. Box is in good shape. History of this locomotive: The M1 was a class of steam locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). It was a class of heavy mixed-traffic locomotives of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" arrangement, which uses four pairs of driving wheels with a four-wheel guiding truck in front for stability at speed and a two-wheel trailing truck to support the large firebox needed for sustained power. Although built for both passenger and freight work, they spent most of their service lives hauling heavy high-speed freight trains. Many PRR men counted the M1 class locomotives as the best steam locomotives the railroad ever owned.In 1930, 100 more were ordered; this class M1a had several improvements. Instead of separate cylinder block and smokebox saddle castings, the M1a had a one-piece casting (first seen on the K5 Pacific) with inside steam delivery pipes, instead of the outside, visible pipes of the M1. A Worthington feedwater heater was installed, with a boxlike mixing chamber behind the stack. Twin cross-compound air compressors were hung next to each other on the left side, instead of the single compressor of the M1. The M1a locomotives had larger tenders than the previous locomotives.The M1a locomotives were intended for passenger as well as freight service, and some bore decorative gold-leaf lining on tender and cab sides, but they proved better suited to freight work, and extensive electrification saw a surplus of K4s locomotives available for passenger trains. While they were mostly used on freight, their dual service purpose entitled them to have smokebox mounted keystone shaped numberplates. Freight engines on the Pennsy had circular numberplates. This product is compatible with all O Gauge 3-Rail track systems including those systems offered by MTH, Atlas and Lionel and Gargraves and Ross Custom Switches. I usually ship Fedex on larger/heavier items and USPS Priority on items that will fit in a shoe box or medium flat rate box. Combined shipping on multiple items won if possible. 99-100% Feedback.

Price: 699.99 USD

Location: Apache Junction, Arizona

End Time: 2024-03-05T19:33:08.000Z

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