30-20887-1 - Chicago North Western AS-616 Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0

AS-616 Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 - Chicago North Western Cab# 1560 Roadname:  Chicago North Western Product Item Number:  30-20887-1 Catalog:  FJ 2021 All Scales Product Line:  RailKing Scale:  O Gauge Delivery Status:  Delivered: JAN. 2023 This product is compatible with all O Gauge 3-Rail track systems including those systems offered by Atlas and Gargraves and Lionel and Ross Custom Switches. Built from 1950-1954, the AS-616 was Baldwin's best-selling and final stab at the burgeoning road switcher market, which had been pioneered by Alco's RS-1 and came to be dominated by EMD's GP7 and GP9. In theory - and in practice with EMD Geeps - a road switcher was the perfect all-around diesel, equally adept at low-speed yard work or hustling mainline freight. And indeed, AS-616 stood for "All-Service, 6 axle, 1600 horsepower" But the AS-616, like all Baldwin diesels, became typecast by its owners in one particular role: low-speed lug