Athearn 28784 HO Scale ALCo RS-3 Green Bay & Western GB&W 307 with DCC and Sound Era_1973 + Portal Centered Rear Pumpkin

Portal Centered Rear Pumpkin

and Tamiya PS paint for polycarbonate arts and Tamiya TS paint for ABS plastic parts

Erie Lackawanna (EL) “Original 1965” represents the first of four Erie Lackawanna orders for Greenville 86’ Double-Door box cars

FINAL GEAR RATIO RANGE: 9

Athearn 28784 HO Scale ALCo RS-3 Green Bay & Western GB&W 307 with DCC and Sound Era_1973 + Portal Centered Rear PumpkinAthearn 28784 HO Scale ALCo RS 3 Green Bay & Western GB&W 307 with DCC and Sound ALCO built the RS 3 to respond to competition with EMD, Fairbanks Morse, and Baldwin Locomotive Works. In the case of ALCO, the builder added more improvements to create new locomotive lines beyond the RS 2. ALCO produced 377 RS 2s versus the more successful RS 3s at 1,418. The new model produced slightly more horsepower than the earlier design at 1,600 hp using Alcos 12