IHC Premier 23015 New Haven I-5 Class 4-6-4 Hudson Locomotive #1400

The Boston to New York City run was one of the most popular, and profitable, routes in the entire US and featured flagship service with the NYNH&H. To keep up with the speed and performance of it's competitors the NYNH&H introduced a new series of thoroughbreds, the I-5 Class Hudsons. The New Haven I-5 class were 4-6-4 streamlined Hudson steam locomotives built for high-speed passenger service. Ten of these locomotives were built by Baldwin in 1937 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, which referred to the locomotives as the Shore Line type. The I-5s pulled the railroad's premier trains "The Yankee Clipper" and the "Merchants Limited" beginning in 1938 and continued to do so until 1950, well into the diesel age. These were the last steam locomotives to be purchased by the railroad.

1937 NYNH&H I-5 Class Shore Line 4-6-4 Hudson #1400 Builder's Photo

FEATURES:

• NEW C-9 Mint Condition with Excellent Original Box & Paperwork.
• No evidence of run time.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Upgraded w/MRRHQ Custom Bridge Rectifier Controlled ALWAYS ON LED Headlamp.
• Upgraded w/MRRHQ Custom Directional LED Back Up Light.
• One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast high impact plastic.
• Steel main and side rods.
• Real brass bell.
• Includes many owner applied additional fine detail parts.
• Powerful state-of-the-art can motor w/flywheel.
• Scale 79" Drivers.
• Easy rolling steel needle point truck axles.
• Dummy Front and working Rear Knuckle Coupler.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • SOUNDTRAXX 852204 Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX 852204 Standard DCC Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU2200 2 Amp Digital DCC/Sound Decoder Installed.
  • SOUNDTRAXX TSU2200 2 Amp Digital DCC/Sound Decoder w/810160 Keep Alive Installed.
  • Engineer Figure Installed in Cab.
• Made in Slovenia by Mehano. Production Year 2004.