MTH Railking Blue Comet 4-6-2 Imperial P47 Pacific Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0

At the very apex of the Roaring Twenties, just months before 1929 stock market crash, the Central of New Jersey Railroad inaugurated its twice-daily Blue Comet service between Jersey City and Atlantic City. Heading the fast, luxurious trains were the CNJ's nearly-new Baldwin-built class G-3 heavy Pacifics. Like most railroads in the 1920s, the CNJ had been forced to buy larger motive power to cope with heavier steel trains and increasing patronage. Aging fleets of 4-4-0s, 4-4-2s, and 4-6-0s had become inadequate as business expanded, and the 4-6-2 Pacific type became the standard fast passenger engine on many railroads.

Five G-3 Pacifics, later reclassified as P47 locomotives, headed up the Jersey's famed passenger trains. Three locomotives - painted in a beautiful blue livery with nickel trim and numbered 831, 832 and 833 - covered The Blue Comet's fast schedule along the Jersey shoreline. A fourth G-3, No. 834, was painted green and sped The Bullet between New York City and Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The fifth locomotive, No. 835, wore gleaming black paint and hauled The Queen of the Valley, a deluxe train from New York City to Harrisburg.

Originally introduced to the RailKing product line in 1999 as the Blue Comet and then again in the green Bullet and the black Queen of the Valley versions in 2005, the Blue Comet scheme and new livery in other popular roadnames returns in 2013. Each of these extraordinary locomotives sport Imperial Dress with additional detail and the incredible power and performance of Proto-Soundr 3.0.

• Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis
• Die-Cast Tender Body
• Authentic Paint Scheme
• Real Tender Coal Load
• Die-Cast Locomotive Trucks
• Engineer and Fireman Figures
• Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
• Decorative Metal Whistle
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler
• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
• Constant Voltage Headlight
• Operating Firebox Glow
• Operating Marker Lights
• Lighted Cab Interior
• Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
• Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• Wireless Drawbar
• Near Scale Sizing
• Onboard DCC Receiver
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures:20" x 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• Operates On O-31 Curves Steam DCC Features
• Headlight/Tail light
• Bell
• Whistle
• Start-up/Shut-down
• Passenger Station/Freight Yard Sounds
• All Other Lights (On/Off)
• Master Volume
• Front Coupler
• Rear Coupler
• Forward Signal
• Reverse Signal
• Grade Crossing
• Smoke On/Off
• Smoke Volume
• Idle Sequence 3
• Idle Sequence 2
• Idle Sequence 1
• Extended Start-up
• Extended Shut-down
• One Shot Doppler
• Coupler Slack
• Coupler Close
• Engine Sounds
• Single Horn Blast
• Brake Sounds
• Cab Chatter
• Feature Reset
• Labor Chuff
• Drift Chuff
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• BOX Included

Grade: C-8

Grading Details:
C-10 Mint – Brand New: All original, unused and unblemished.
C-9 Factory New – Brand New: all original, unused, may evidence factory rubs and the slightest evidence of handling, shipping and having been test run at the factory.
C-9 New-Old-Stock: all original, unused, and typically out of production and may evidence factory rubs and shows considerable evidence of handling, shipping and aging.
C-8 Like New: Complete all original. No rust, no missing parts, may show effects of being on display and/or age, may have been run.
C-7 Excellent: All original minute scratches and paint nicks, no rust and no missing parts. No distortion of component parts.
C-6 Very Good: Minor scratches and paint nicks, minor spots of surface rust, free of dents. May have minor parts replaced.
C-5 Good: Sign of play wear with scratches and minor paint loss. Small dents, minor surface rust. Evidence of heavy use.
C-4 Fair: Scratched. Moderate paint loss, dented missing parts, surface rust. Evidence of heavy use.
C-3 Poor: Requires major body repair. Heavily scratched, major rust and missing parts. Restoration candidate.
C-2 Restoration required: Restoration required.
C-1 Junk, parts value only: Junk, parts value only