A Pittsburgh area classic!
Feeding the furnaces, pulling the loads, and shuttling materials and product to keep the steel flowing, the switch crews never get a moment to rest around the steel mill. Paying tribute to Bethlehem Steel and some of the railroads which served its mills, the Steel City Switcher set brings this action to your railroad.
Set includes:
- Bethlehem Steel LEGACY 0-8-0 Steam Locomotive
- South Buffalo 52'-6" Gondola with scrap load
- Philadelphia Bethlehem and New England PS-5 Flatcar with slag pot load
- Patapsco and Back Rivers 52'-6" Gondola with I beam load
- Bethlehem Steel Northeast Caboose
Locomotive Features:
- LEGACY® Control System- equipped - able to run in LEGACY™ Control mode, in TrainMaster Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer
- Odyssey® II Speed Control with On/Off switch
- LEGACY RailSounds® sound system featuring:
- CrewTalk™ dialog and TowerCom™ announcements, each with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped
- Six official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog
- DynaChuff™ synchronized with 32 levels of intensity as the locomotive gains speed
- LEGACY "Real-Time Quilling Horn" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals
- Single hit or continuous bell sounds
- Sequence Control: plays the sound effects of an entire trip, including warning sounds and announcements, based on the movement and speed of the locomotive
- Current speed and fuel dialog, coalloading sound effects
- IR Transmitter works with LCS SensorTrack™
- Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel
- Tethered drawbar for improved electrical pick-up
- ElectroCoupler™ on rear of tender
- Directional lighting including operating headlight and back-up light on rear of tender
- Illuminated classification lights on the front of locomotive
- Traction tires
- Interior illumination in cab
- Die-cast metal locomotive body, pilot, and trucks
- High level of separately applied metal details
- Separately applied builder's plate
- Synchronized fan-driven smoke unit
- Adjustable smoke output
- Authentically detailed cab interior
- Cab "glass" windows
- Engineer and fireman figures
Freight Car Features:
- Die-cast metal trucks and operating couplers
- Hidden uncoupling tabs
- Separately applied metal details
- Interior illumination in the caboose
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
- Rail Line: Bethlehem Steel
- Road Number: 285
- Gauge: O Gauge
- Scale Type: Scale
- Power: Electric
- Engine Type: Steam
- Min Curve: O31
- Dimensions: 70" long
- Most Recent Catalog: 2016 Lionel Signature Edition
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