| Announced Date: |
Jan 2024 |
| Released Date: |
Nov 2024 |
| Individually Boxed: |
Yes |
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Rail Line: Baltimore & Ohio
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Road Number: 1315
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Gauge: O Gauge
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Power: Electric
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Engine Type: Steam
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Min Curve: O31
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Dimensions: Length: 19 1/2"
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Most Recent Catalog: 2024 Volume 1 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™
- Whistle Steam
- Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel
- Wireless Tether™ connection between locomotive and tender
- ElectroCoupler™ on rear of tender
- 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:
In 1890, The Baltimore & Ohio, Central of New Jersey and Reading launched a new "Royal Blue Line" service between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C. Facing stiff competition from the parallel Pennsylvania, these new trains would be some of the most luxuriously appointed coach trains in the world. All new coaches, baggage cars and combines came from Pullman featuring plush interiors for comfort, semienclosed vestibules for safety and a regal deep blue paint scheme which set the train apart from anything else on the rails. There was not one "Royal Blue" train but rather 10 complete trains with multiple departures daily under the "Royal Blue Line" advertising banner. Cars were owned by all three railroads proportionally, but rather than list their names, ownership was identified by the New Jersey (CNJ), Pennsylvania (Reading) or Maryland (B&O) state seals centered on the car sides. This gave the train a uniform appearance with the four major cities along the route listed out above the windows. The B&O supplied dining cars and Pullman lounge or sleeping cars (for connecting trains) as needed. Motive power was equally modern and polished and typically included 4-4- 0 or 4-6-0 locomotives from each of the railroads. North of Philadelphia, Camelbacks were common.
