Lionel 2431450 - Legacy M1 Mountain Steam Engine "Pennsylvania" #6888 (c. 1955) Brunswick Green

Product Description

Announced Date:

July 2023

Released Date:

Sept 2024

Individually Boxed:

Yes

Rail Line: Pennsylvania

Road Number: 6888

Gauge: O Gauge 

Power: Electric

Engine Type: Steam

Min Curve: O72

Dimensions: Length: 30 1/2" (varies per tender type)

Most Recent Catalog: 2023 Volume II Catalog

Features:

LEGACY® Control System equipped – able to run in LEGACY® Control mode, in TrainMaster Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer

Bluetooth® Control - Operate with Universal Remote or LionChief® App

Lionel Voice Control (LVC) - run your locomotive by speaking commands into your phone via LionChief® App

Odyssey® II Speed Control

IR Transmitter that works with LCS SensorTrack™

Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel

Wireless Tether™ connection between locomotive and tender

ElectroCoupler™ on rear of tender

Whistle steam

Directional lighting including operating headlight and back-up light on rear of tender

Bicolor illuminated classification lights on the front of locomotive where applicable. Using a Legacy controller, change the color of the classification lights between white or green

Traction tires

Interior illumination in cab

Die-cast metal locomotive body, pilot, and trucks

Die-cast metal tender body and trucks

High level of separately applied metal details

Separately applied builder's plate

Synchronized fan-driven smoke unit

Adjustable smoke output

Authentically detailed cab interior

Cab "glass" windows

Engineer and fireman figures

LEGACY® RailSounds® sound system featuring:

CrewTalk™ dialog with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped

TrainSounds that mimic operating dialog when the locomotive is in motion or stopped

Six official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog

DynaChuff™ synchronized with 32 levels of intensity as the locomotive gains speed

LEGACY® "Real-Time Quilling Whistle" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals - 5 different whistles to choose from for a more customized experience.

Single hit or continuous mechanical bell sounds - 5 levels of bell pitching for customized sounds

Sequence Control: plays the sound effects of an entire trip, including warning sounds and announcements, based on the movement and speed of the locomotive

Current speed and fuel dialog, coal or oil loading sound effects

Overview:

Many consider the M1 to be the high-point of the Pennsylvania's steam locomotive designs. Conceived as larger passenger power to reduce the need for double and tripple heading K4's, the M's quickly found their way into freight service. A small percentage of the roster was equipped for passenger duties, but they are best remembered hauling priority freight at speed along the banks of the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers. Three years after building the first prototype, the Pennsy ordered 200 class M1 4-8-2s from Baldwin and Lima. Another 100 units, classed M1a, followed in 1930 from the same builders and from Juniata itself. The primary spotting difference between the two subclasses can be seen in the steam delivery pipes which are external on the M1's and hidden inside the cylinder saddles on the M1a's. Both classes were generally operated similarly and as a whole received the same variety of detail changes over their careers, including new front end pilot and headlight arrangements and of course a variety of tenders. Lionel last offered our LEGACY M1a in 2014, but we've never produced any representatives of the 200 M1s. This year we're correcting that oversight with our best M yet! Featuring new tooling for the cylinder saddles, this run of M's also includes multiple tender, pilot and lighting arrangements to better match the individual prototypes over the course of their lives; from the beautiful 1926 striping of No. 6855 to the brutish modernized front end and 8-wheel "coast to coast" tender on 6888. This will also mark the first release of the M's with WhistleSteam and Bluetooth as well as a kinematic drawbar. Don't miss this opportunity to add the best of the Pennsy's best to your roster!