Athearn 28671 HO Scale ALCo RS-3 Canadian Pacific "Multimark" CP 8451 Wheels/Tires - Mud (1) AC Power Input Cord
Baker’s notes & crumb story
Description
(1) AC Power Input Cord
with some units only recently having been retired or sold by Union Pacific
” Larger than its predecessors and powerful enough to transform the railroad into an essential transcontinental system
Atlas Trainman 40004992 N Scale EMD GP15-1 Union Pacific UP 696
Size/Scale: 1/8
Athearn 28671 HO Scale ALCo RS-3 Canadian Pacific "Multimark" CP 8451 Wheels/Tires - Mud (1) AC Power Input CordAthearn 28671 HO Scale ALCo RS 3 Canadian Pacific "Multimark" CP 8451 ALCO built the RS 3 to respond to competition with EMD, Fairbanks Morse, and Baldwin Locomotive Works. In the case of ALCO, the builder added more improvements to create new locomotive lines beyond the RS 2. ALCO produced 377 RS 2s versus the more successful RS 3s at 1,418. The new model produced slightly more horsepower than the earlier design at 1,600 hp using Alcos 12 cylinder,