Sleek and stylish, the famed Alco PA joins the WalthersProto family of HO diesel power! Leading some of America's most popular new streamliners in the postwar years, the prototypes entered service in 1946 as Alco's answer to EMD's E units, before being reassigned to fast freight service in the 1960s. With all the details and proven perfomance that defines WalthersProto replicas, each layout-ready model features:
One-time run of these roadnumbers, order now - limited quantity available
NEW - WalthersProto version!
Era-specific details
Factory-installed formed wire grab irons and handrails
LokSound 5 Sound and DCC for DCC- or DC-powered layouts
21mtc connector
Constant and directional LED Lighting including:
-Headlight
-Numberboards
-Mars light
-Working back up light
Rugged WalthersProto drive with:
-Five-pole, skew-wound, high-torque, high-efficiency can motor
-All-wheel drive and electrical pick up
-14:1 helical gears for smooth, ultra-quiet running
-Dual brass flywheels
-Easy multiple-unit operation
-Heavy die cast metal chassis
Correct size RP-25 wheels
Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
Based on units shopped during 1959 and repainted in the gray, Scarlet and white scheme for service on the City of San Francisco and other SP trains, road- and era-specific details include: