Atlas O 3009973 - Premier - Snow Plow "New York Central"

Announced Date:	Nov 2021
Released Date:	Jan 2023
Individually Boxed:	No - 4 to a case

• Road Name: New York Central
• Road Number: X623, X663
• System: 3-Rail
• Product Line: Atlas O Premier
• Scale: O Scale
• Estimated Release: 2nd QTR 2022

Two road numbers are available per road name.

Features:

•  Metal Wheels and Axles 
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks 
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers 
• Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes 
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles 
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions 
• Stamped Metal Floors 
• Separate Metal Handrails 
• Operates On O-31 Curves (3-Rail)

Overview:

For railroads in much of the U.S. and Canada, dealing with snow is a perennial problem. The earliest railroad plows were likely derived from agricultural plows, and were the first instance of a plow being pushed from behind rather than pulled by horses or oxen. In 1840, little more than a decade after the first steam engine plied American rails, Charles Lowbaert was granted a patent for a wedge, or “bucker,” railroad plow. Like our model, that pioneering snowplow featured an inclined plane to bring the snow up off the rails and a pointed, triangular wedge to throw it to both sides of the track. Over time, railroad plows evolved into an arsenal of equipment ranging from engine-mounted blades to the ultimate snowfighting weapon, the rotary snow plow.