Description
"The Big Engine": the Pennsylvania Railroad's S1 was the longest (140 ft 2½ in) and heaviest rigid-frame reciprocating steam locomotive ever built, a Raymond Loewy-styled 6-4-4-6 duplex completed at Altoona in December 1938 and displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair before entering service on the Broadway Limited, Liberty Limited and Trail Blazer between Chicago and Crestline. Broadway Limited's brass-hybrid model pairs a hand-crafted brass boiler, cab and tender body with diecast locomotive and tender chassis.
This version: PRR S1 6-4-4-6 Duplex, #6100, 1939 World's Fair Appearance, Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC, Smoke. The Paragon4 version carries BLI's Paragon4 Sound & Control system with synchronized puffing smoke and chuff sound, variable smoke intensity and timing, an integral dual-mode DCC decoder with Back EMF for the best slow-speed running in DC and DCC, GoPack capacitors and prototypically accurate PRR S1 6-4-4-6 Duplex sounds.
Model features: Hand-crafted brass boiler, cab and tender body on heavy diecast chassis · Paragon4 with synchronized puffing smoke and chuff, variable smoke intensity and timing · Integral DCC decoder with Back EMF · 5-pole skew-wound can motor · Separately controllable headlight, rear light, cab light, rear markers and numberboards · Factory-installed engineer and fireman · Separately applied handrails, grab irons, ladders, piping, cab glass, whistle, brass bell and markers · Rubber traction tires · Minimum radius 22".
📦 Preorder details:
Expected arrival: October 2026 (see the BLI Official Delivery Schedule for the latest dates).
25% deposit required at checkout, balance charged when the product arrives.
Preorder cancellation: 7 days from order date; deposit non-refundable after that.
Browse more from Broadway Limited Imports, see the full BLI HO PRR S1 6-4-4-6 Duplex run and our HO scale collection, or see all preorders. Ships from Oakville, Ontario. Contact us for special orders.