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Features:
- Beautifully Detailed, Accurately Modeled
Locomotive and Tender Body
- Authentic Design, Paint and Color
Schemes
- Authentic Sounds with Articulated Chuff
(Sound Equipped Units Only) and Prototypical
Operation
- Many Separately Applied Details Including
Brass Bell / Rails
- Detailed Backhead
- Operating Cab-roof Vents
- Constant Intensity Directional Lighting
- Lighted Number Boards
- Factory Installed painted Fireman and
Engineer Figures
- Seuthe® Smoke Unit Ready
- Traction Tire Equipped for Maximum
Traction
- Locomotive Composition: ABS with Die Cast
Chassis
- Tender Composition: ABS with Die Cast
Chassis
- Locomotive Length: 6.8 in
- Tender Length: 4.2 in
- Total Coupler-to-Coupler Length: 11.6
in
- Motor type: 5-Pole Can with Skewed Armature
& Dual Fly Wheels
- Couplers: (2) Operating Kadee®
Compatible
- Compatible Tracks: Code 70, 83, 100
Rail
- Recommended Minimum Radius: 18 in
"DCC & Sound Upgradeable"? Units denoted as
DCC & Sound Upgradeable are units that are not
sound equipped and function only in DC. Modelers
may choose to purchase an optional Sound & DCC
upgrade kit, specifically tailored to the prototype
which will add DCC and sound functionality. Upgrade
kit works only for PCM models with PCM
motherboards.
PRRs I1s decapod design was so successful
that by 1924, this 2-10-0 was considered the
standard heavy freight hauler of the railroad up
until WWII. In 1930, the original I1s underwent a
revision of the cylinder steam vents to admit steam
for 78% of the stroke. This boosted tractive effort
from 90,000 to 96,000 lbs and made the new class
I1sa. Through the years, many I1s engines were
changed over to the modified I1sa design. By July
1947, the 598-unit fleet was divided into 109 I1s
and 489 I1sa locomotives. They remained in service
until the end of PRR steam in 1957.
Decapods outperformed Mikado L1s by a
whopping 41% more horsepower while consuming 12%
less steam.
Nicknames for the type included Decs and Hippos,
the latter possibly from the fat boiler.
PCM intends to build the most accurate HO
I1sas ever produced with the help of the PRR
historical society review team. Our gratitude to a
wonderful group of railroad enthusiasts.
DID YOU KNOW? The I1sa short tender (90F82) has
coal board sides that are bent inward a few
degrees. Even the most expensive of brass models
have missed this detail. PCMs I1sa will
properly model this detailan industry first.
Thank you, PRRT&HS Modeling Committee,
especially Bob Johnson, for your keen eyes
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