Designated as a “DL721” by ALCo, the 2,000hp RS-32 was intended to compete with EMD’s GP20 and GE’s U25B locomotives. Only 35 units were produced, with 25 units ordered by New York Central in 1961 and 10 units by Southern Pacific in 1962. New York Central’s RS-32s were commonly seen in both road and local freight assignments. Southern Pacific’s units were initially used in road service, but later settled into local freight service in San Francisco’s “commute” territory. Here they were sometimes called upon to rescue stalled commuter trains. They later migrated across the system, ending their SP careers in Texas during the late 1970s with various other ALCo models.
Features:
- Dynamic brakes as appropriate per road name
- NMRA 21-pin plug for DCC
- True scale dimensions with accurate details
- Separately applied hand rails and end railings
- Locating dimples for grab irons
- Directional lighting
- Realistic die-cast underframes
- Equipped with AccuMate® Couplers
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.
Atlas Trainman® Series Silver Additional Features:
- NMRA 21-pin plug for DCC (Decoder-ready)
SOUND FUNCTIONALITY FEATURES (GOLD MODELS ONLY):
- 4 function outputs with brightness control by CV
- 14, 28, 128 speed steps
- Dual mode DC and DCC
- 4 air horns changeable by CVs • 2 bells changeable by CVs
- Full 8-notch prime mover sounds
- Compressor
- Dynamic brake
DCC OPERATION FEATURES:
- Supports all DCC-programming modes
- Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
- A total of six DCC function outputs are available
- Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.
***Silver Sound Ready™
Atlas Silver Sound Ready models are equipped with a speaker for easy conversion to sound with the addition of a decoder.