MTH 20-5582-1 PRR P5a Electric Engine With PS 2.0 (2-3 Start Price USD 699.99 Current Price USD 699.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 30, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Location Atlanta, GA See more about 'MTH 20-5582-1 PRR P5a Electric Engine With PS 2.0 (2-3' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Trainz Store Home | About Trainz | Scott's Story | Contact Us | Shipping | Payment | Returns | Feedback | Checkout Other O Modern auctions from Trainz: Artwork/Prints Accessories Books & Media Buildings - Assembled Buildings - Kits Catalogs Diesel Locos Electric Locos Figures Freight Cars Miscellaneous Motorized Units Operating Cars Passenger Cars Pre-Order Specials Scenery Sets Steam Locos Track/Switches/Etc. Transformers Vehicles Sign up with Live.com & save up to 25% on many items from Trainz! Click here for details Add the Trainz eBay Gadget to your Google Homepage MTH 20-5582-1 PRR P5a Electric Engine With PS 2.0 (2-3 THIS ITEM REQUIRES 2-3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY This is an MTH 20-5582-1 Pennsylvania P5a Electric Engine With Proto-Sound 2.0. Conceived in 1931, the Pennsy's P5a was intended to be the last step in the search for a mainline "juice jack" that had begun with the FF1 in 1917. A collaboration between General Electric, Westinghouse, and the Pennsy's electrical staff, the design proved to be a winner. Engine crews liked the P5a's because they were smooth, powerful, and cleaner than the K4s Pacifics they displaced on many runs. Six 625 hp electric motors geared to three axles with 72-inch drivers gave the new engine 3,750 continuous horsepower and a top speed of 90 mph on passenger runs. But the success of the Pennsy's passenger service proved too much for the P5a, whose limit was about 8-10 cars on high-speed runs. The introduction of the GG1 in 1934 allowed the Pennsy to operate longer passenger trains with a single locomotive, and pushed the P5a into freight service - where it found its true calling. Regeared to a top speed of 70 mph, the P5a fleet became the backbone of electric freight service on the Pennsy for the next several decades. The P5a Modified returns to the Premier Line roster in 2006 after a six-year absence, decorated in four authentic paint schemes and outfitted with our smooth operating automatic pantographs. Also offered is one of the most unique specialty sets we've ever cataloged, the P5a Reefer Train featuring a string of highly detailed express reefers. Automatic Pantograph Operation Explained. Users operating the P5a in conventional mode will find that by depressing the transformer's direction button to stop the locomotive, the rear pantograph will remain in the up position while the lead pantograph slowly rises up. Once the lead pantograph is in its up position, the rear pantograph will slowly lower into the down position. At this point another press of the direction button will cause the locomotive to reverse making the lead pantograph now the rear pantograph and in the up position. In command operation two operating modes will be offered; auto and manual. Auto mode will behave similar to conventional mode with the rear pantograph in the up position when moving. The up and down movement of the pantograph will be direction controlled using the DCST Digital Command Control System. In Manual mode, the user will have to raise and lower both pantographs via the DCST System as they wish regardless of directional state. Features include Directionally Controlled Headlights, Intricately Detailed Die-Cast Body, Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears, Remotely Controlled Operating Pantographs, Enhanced Detail Die-Cast Truck Sides & Pilots, and (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers.The Trainz SKU for this item is D11439195.Manufacturer: MTHModel Number: 20-5582-1Scale/Era: O ModernModel Type: Electric LocoRoad Name: Pennsylvania Trainz Policies & Terms Trainz Shipping Rates Click an Image to Enlarge  Location Shipping Cost Additional Items United States (48 States), APO* $18.99 $18.99 Alaska & Hawaii $41.99 $41.99 Canada** $36.49 $36.49 International Contact Us Contact Us THIS ITEM REQUIRES 2-3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY Our shipping prices include insurance. We use new cardboard shipping boxes, bubble-wrap, plastic air cushion bags, and foam peanuts to protect the items that we ship to you. We also primarily use FedEx Ground to get your packages to you the fastest. 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