The Daylights linked Los Angeles and San Francisco "in a glorious daylight trip, streaking along the Pacific Ocean for more than a hundred breathless miles." Travelers were invited to "Step inside the Daylight and see the beauty and luxury that have already won the West. Notice the wide, soft seats in the coaches. They are cushioned with sponge rubber and turn to face the extraordinarily large windows." Presenting a glorious streak of orange and red from locomotive to observation car, the Daylights were a sharp departure from the SP's normal dark olive passenger cars.

Leading the trains were the Southern Pacific's class GS (for "Golden State") Northerns, arguably among the handsomest steam engines ever built. Constructed by Lima Locomotive Works, inventor of the super-power concept, the Daylight 4-8-4s had the combination of power and speed that characterized steam power at its zenith. Class GS-4 engines, delivered in 1941 and 1942, were among the last and best-looking of the breed, with tall 80" drivers and enclosed all-weather cabs. In addition to handling premier passenger trains, the Golden State 4-8-4s were regularly used in high-speed freight service on the San Francisco-Los Angeles Overnight.

Features:

• Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body
• Die-Cast Metal Chassis
• Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers
• RP-25 Metal Wheels Mounted On Metal Axles
• Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage Headlight
• Operating MARS Light
• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
• Detailed Truck Sides
• Detailed Cab Interior
• Opening Cab Roof Hatch
• Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
• (2) Scale Kadee Compatible Couplers
• Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
• Decorative Metal Whistle
• Sprung Drive Wheels
• Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke® System
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• Detailed Tender Undercarriage
• Interchangeable Traction Tire-Equipped Drive Wheels
• On-Board DCC Receiver
• Operates On Code 70, 83, & 100 Rail Curves
• Wireless Drawbar
• Engineer and Fireman Figures
• Operating Marker Lights*
• Lighted Number Boards
• Operating Tender Back-up Light
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures: 15 3/4" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2"
• Operates On 22" Radius Curves

   

  DCS Sound Features

• Independent Whistle & Bell Volume Control
• Quillable Whistle Effects
• Passenger Station Sound Effects
• Labor/Drift Chuffing Sound Control
• 9 Independent Volume Control Settings
• 16 Adjustable Chuff Rate Settings
• 3 Adjustable Smoke Intensity Settings
• Adjustable Brake Sound Effects
• Adjustable Wheel "Clickity-Clack" Sounds
• 15 Programmable Custom Sounds
• Sound Mute
• Whistle/Horn on/off
• Bell On/Off
• Start-up/Shut-down
• Engine Sound Volume
• Forward Signal Sound
• Reverse Signal Sound
• Coupler Slack Sound
• Crossing Signal w/City Horn
• Extended Start Up
• Extended Shut Down
• Labor Chuff
• Drift Chuff
• Single short whistle toot
• Coupler Close
• 4 Idle Sequence Sound Effects
• Brakes auto/off
• Cab Chatter auto/off
• Clickety-Clack auto/off
• Train Wreck

  DCS Locomotive Features

• 120 Adjustable Maximum Engine Speed Settings
• Downloadable Locomotive Sounds Sets
• Independent Locomotive Chronometer
• Independent Locomotive Odometer
• Independent Locomotive Trip Odometer
• Headlight on/off
• Cab Light on/off
• Smoke on/off
• Variable Smoke Output Settings
• Feature Reset
• Boost/Brake Functions
• Maximum Speed Control Governor Setting
• Acceleration/Deceleration Settings
• Labor/Drift Smoke Output Settings

  Proto-Sound 3.0 equipped locomotives can be controlled in command mode with any DCC compliant command control system. While the user won't have access to all of the incredible features of Proto-Sound 3.0, independent control over the locomotive is possible. This means you can continue to use your existing DCC controller to independently control your other DCC equipped locomotives in addition to your Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive on the same track at the same time.

  When using a DCC controller, the following Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive features are accessible:

• (F0) Headlight on/off
• (F1) Bell on/off
• (F2) Whistle/Horn on/off
• (F3) Start-up/Shut-down
• (F4) PFA initiate and advance
• (F5) Cab Light on/off
• (F6) Engine Sounds on/off
• (F7) Volume low, med, high, off
• (F8) Smoke on/off
• (F9) Forward Signal Sound
• (F10) Reverse Signal Sound
• (F11) Coupler Slack Sound
• (F12) Crossing Signal w/City Horn
• (F13) Extended Start Up
• (F14) Extended Shut Down
• (F15) Labor Chuff
• (F16) Drift Chuff
• (F17) Smoke Volume low, med, high
• (F18) Single short whistle toot
• (F19) Coupler Close
• (F20) Feature Reset
• (F21) Idle Sequence 1
• (F22) Idle Sequence 2
• (F23) Idle Sequence 3
• (F24) Idle Sequence 4
• (F25) Brakes auto/off
• (F26) Cab Chatter auto/off
• (F27) Clickety-Clack auto/off
• (F28) Train Wreck

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