+PCM B&O P7 4-6-2, "The Presidents", HO

B&O P7 4-6-2

Features:

• Beautifully Detailed, Accurately Modeled Locomotive and Tender Body
• Authentic Design, Paint and Color Schemes
• Authentic Sounds (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: 7.0"
• Tender Length: 4.9"
• Total Coupler-to-Coupler Length: 12.5"
• Motor type: 5-Pole Can with Skewed Armature & Fly Wheel
• Couplers: (2) Operating Kadee Compatible
• Compatible Tracks: Code 70, 83, 100 Rail
• Recommended Minimum Radius: 18"

"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.

Built by Baldwin in 1927 and named for the first 20 U.S. Presidents, the final and most popular of the Pacifics was B&O's P7 or President's class. These uniquely painted locomotives made it economically feasible for the B&O to handle routes that previously were covered by the Reading and CNJ railroads.

P7 Stats:

• Cylinders were 27 x 28
• 80 inch drivers
• Boiler pressure 230 psi
• Starting tractive effort was 50,000 pounds
• Weight 326,000 pounds

DID YOU KNOW? B&O P7 Pacifics were called "President Engines" because they carried the name of a president of the United States on the side of the cab. When they were delivered in their green and gold splendor in 1927, B&O was exactly 100 years old. Servicing the route between Washington D.C. and New York, they maintained the original paint scheme until Roy B. White, who became the president of B&O in 1941, ordered the color of the P7's be changed from green to blue and the names of the presidents be removed from all locomotives and passenger cars in the early part of his administration. This was done to avoid the color clash between P7 locomotives and the blue-and-gray passenger cars.

PCM will model this P7 in its original physical configuration. P7's with physical configurations that were altered prior to 1941 were not painted blue as the blue paint and original configuration of that particular engine number never existed. Blue and green are both correct colors for engines with physical configurations that were altered after 1941.

**Specifications on this page subject to change.