Kato N GG-1 Amtrak #918 DCC Ready 1372022

Kato #1372022 N Scale GG-1 Locomotive Amtrak - AMT #918 DCC Ready

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SKU: KAT/1372022  [1/11]   MFG: Kato, USA   PID: 1019


N scale GG-1 locomotive by Kato. Factory assembled and ready to run. DCC ready for your decoder.

Features include:

  • DCC Ready for your decoder
  • Designed to accompany the Kato Broadway Limited
  • Blackened metal pantographs
  • Able to go through an 249mm (9 ¾”) radius S-curve
  • Shock absorber construction gives even traction and performance, even on the roughest track
  • Powerful mechanism able to pull a full 15 car Broadway Limited consist up a 4% grade
  • Illuminated directional class lights, headlight, and number boards

The GG1, one of the PRR's most famous and recognizable locomotives, is also one of the most curiously designed. Technically two locomotives under one shell (a "G" class locomotive is a 4-6-0 by PRR specification, therefore the GG1 was two "G" locomotives in a 4-6-0:0-6-4 arrangement). This added up to a 4.6k horsepower locomotive that was staggeringly powerful, even by today's standards. Designed in the 20's, built in 30's, and not retired until the 80's, the GG1 had an incredible lifespan and survives today as a testament to its time in both its unique Loewy-design and overwhelming performance.

Thanks to the long life and usefulness of the GG1, many outlived the PRR, finding themselves in Penn Central, and later in their life, Amtrak paint. These locomotives were used in everything from freight service to pulling Amtrak Passenger trains.



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