Description
The Atlas 40005074 is an N scale ALCO FB-1 cabless booster unit in classic Canadian Pacific (CP) tuscan-red and gray fast-freight livery, road number #4404, DC ready-to-run (DCC-ready).
Prototype
The ALCO FB-1 was the cabless booster ('B-unit') matching the FA-1 cab unit — 1,500 hp B-B truck, ALCO 244 prime mover, built 1946–1950 with the same carbody as the FA-1 but no operator cab. CP took 12 FB-1s (#4404–4415) from Montreal Locomotive Works alongside its FA-1 cab units in 1949, positioning them as middle units in A-B-A and A-B-B-A transcontinental fast-freight lashups. #4404 was the first FB-1 delivered to CP.
Key Features
- Accurate lettering and crisp tuscan-red and gray detailing
- Powered booster (drives like a cab unit)
- Finely detailed body (Master Silver level)
- Blackened metal wheels
- DCC-ready
- Magnetic knuckle couplers (both ends)
Specifications
- Scale: N
- Type: Diesel Locomotive (B-B 4-axle booster, no cab)
- Prototype: ALCO FB-1
- Railroad: Canadian Pacific
- Road Number: #4404
- DCC: DCC-ready (Master Silver — no decoder)
- Brand: Atlas (Master Silver series)
- SKU: 40005074
DCC/Sound upgrade of this same road number: Atlas #40005111 Master Gold FB-1 CP #4404 with ESU LokSound. Mate with Atlas FA-1 cab units #40005054/#40005055/#40005056 CP #4015/#4020/#4025 and the second FB-1 #40005075 CP #4405 for complete ABBA consists.