Fast and furious, the Pennsylvania Berkshire races past the rugged Alleghenies and the three rivers of Pittsburgh with a heavy string of freight cars in tow. America’s largest railroad never sleeps, and the Keystone steam locomotive rolls through the night to gets its freight delivered on time.
The powerful 2-8-4 Berkshire in the new Lionel Fast Freight set pulls an impressive consist of cars: a 4-bay hopper hauling coal, a flatcar with generators chained to the deck, a one-of-a-kind Pennsylvania Power & Light tank car, and a colorful porthole caboose. In addition to a powerful 80-watt transformer, this set includes all the FasTrack needed to make a deluxe “figure 8” layout.
Set Includes:
- Berkshire steam locomotive and tender
- 4-bay hopper
- Single-dome tank car
- Porthole caboose
- Flatcar with generator load
- CW-80 Transformer
- "Figure 8" track set including 12 curved FasTrack sections, three 10" straight Fas-Track sections, four 5" straight FasTrack sections, one FastTrack terminal section and 90-degree crossover FasTrack section
Locomotive Features:
- Transformer controlled forward, neutral, and reverse operation
- TrainSounds sound system with steam chuffing, steam whistle, bell, squealing brakes, and operator-controlled multi-part crew dialog
- Die-cast metal locomotive body, frame, and trucks
- Operating headlight
- Operating coupler on rear of tender
- Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel
- Traction tires
- Puffing smoke
- Engineer and fireman figures
- Die-cast metal tender body and trucks
Rolling Stock Features:
- Operating couplers on all freight cars
- Die-cast metal sprung trucks on all freight
- cars except caboose
- Die-cast metal trucks on caboose
- Removable coal load insert on hopper
- Metal handrails, platform, and ladders on tank car
- Interior illumination in caboose
- Two removable chained generators on flatcar deck
- Each car in set individually boxed
Locomotive Road Number: 2356
Gauge: Traditional O Gauge
Dimensions: Set Length: 59 ½”
Layout dimensions: 40” x 90 ½”
RailLine: Pennsylvania
Minimum Curve: O-27