Atlas HO 10005123 - Master - Silver - RS-1 "Long Island Railroad" #465

• Road Name: Long Island Railroad
• Road Number: 465
• Product Line: Master - Silver
• Scale: HO

Features:

• Die-cast metal chassis and fine scale handrails
  
• Golden White LEDs
  
• DCC/Sound version available with LokSound decoder
  
• Separately-applied wire grab irons, coupler cut bars, trainline hoses and lift rings
  
• Accurate painting and printing
  
• Metal couplers
  
• Realistic die-cast mainframe • Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual-flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
  
• Directional lighting

Overview:

The RS-1 was introduced by ALCO in March of 1941 with the delivery of the first of two units to the Rock Island. Combining the accessibility of a switching locomotive and the higher-speed tracking of a road unit, the RS-1 started a revolution in locomotive design that was soon embraced by all of the major diesel-electric builders. Despite ALCO’s own introduction of higher horsepower roadswitchers, the 1,000 h.p. RS-1 had a production span of 19 years (1941-1960) with 623 units.