Introduction

Walthers Proto 920-43709 HO Scale ALCo PA Diesel Southern Pacific SP 6016 DCC LokSound

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 performance that defines WalthersProto replicas.

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 shipped 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 detail include:

• Southern Pacific-style pilot plow
• 5-Chime air horn
• Wagon wheel radio antenna
• Dynamic brakes
• Nose MU receptacle
• Icicle breakers
• Revised side grilles