Kato 1372015 N Scale Conrail Bicentennial GG1 #4800 (Analog DC)

Kato catalog number 137-2015 is an N scale GG1 electric locomotive decorated for Conrail as the red, white and blue Bicentennial unit number 4800. The model runs on standard analog DC out of the box with a DCC-friendly mechanism ready for a drop-in Digitrax DN163K1D or TCS K1D4-NC decoder.

• Conrail Bicentennial GG1 #4800 in red, white and blue
• Analog DC operation out of the box; DCC ready
• Accepts a drop-in Digitrax DN163K1D or TCS K1D4-NC decoder
• Blackened metal pantographs
• Illuminated directional headlights, class lights and number boards
• Shock-absorbing drive negotiates a 249mm (9") radius S-curve
• Pulling power for a full fifteen-car consist up a four percent grade

The GG1 is one of the most recognizable locomotives ever built: technically two locomotives under a single Raymond Loewy-styled shell, it produced about 4,600 horsepower and served from the 1930s into the 1980s. Many GG1s outlived the Pennsylvania Railroad and went on to work for Penn Central and then Conrail in both freight and Amtrak passenger service, and 4800 - the original 'Old Rivets' - wore this patriotic scheme.