Uncataloged O Scale Premier Erie P47 Steam Locomotive Announced

March 12, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale P47 Steam Locomotive in Erie livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Mr. Muffin's Trains in Atlanta, Indiana. Available in limited quantities, the locomotive is slated to arrive in September 2024.

Item No. 20-3929-1 Erie 4-6-2 P47 Baldwin Pacific Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 2943
Early Order Price: $1,259.95
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ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE 4-6-2 P47 BALDWIN PACIFIC STEAM ENGINE

At the very apex of the Roaring Twenties, just months before the 1929 stock market crash, the Central Railroad of New Jersey inaugurated its twice-daily Blue Comet service between Jersey City and Atlantic City. Heading the fast, luxurious trains were the CNJ’s nearly-new Baldwin-built P47 Heavy Pacifics. Three locomotives — painted in a beautiful blue livery with nickel trim, carrying the train’s name on a bronze plate under the feed water heater, and numbered 831, 832, and 833 — covered The Blue Comet’s fast schedule along the Jersey shoreline. Two sister engines were assigned to lesser CNJ name trains: No. 834 in green pulled The Bullet while No. 835 in black livery hauled The Queen of the Valley.

The Blue Comet consist was painted in blue to symbolize the sea and sky of the Jersey shore, with a cream window band to represent both the shoreline’s pristine sand and a comet streaking through the heavens. In a departure from normal railroad practice, the cars carried the train name rather than the railroad name on their letterboards. The rolling stock consisted of rebuilt coaches and diners trailed by an open-platform brass-railed observation, with each car named for a different comet. The Blue Comet was also the first train east of the Mississippi to be equipped with roller bearing trucks.

Joshua Lionel Cowen is said to have been a frequent customer on The Blue Comet, and he certainly memorialized the train far beyond its native Jersey shores. His Standard Gauge Blue Comet is perhaps the most well-known and desired Standard Gauge toy train ever built, and its popularity continues today, long after the prototype succumbed to competition from the automobile in 1941.

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Mr. Muffin's Trains
165 E. Main St.
Atlanta, IN 46031
765-292-2022
Email: mrmuffin@mrmuffinstrains.com
www.mrmuffinstrains.com

M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced four additional 2024 O Scale Premier P47 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive in multiple liveries that are slated for release next Summer. Each of these offerings will be available in limited quantities and is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in September 2024.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

M.T.H. Electric Trains has the 2024 O Gauge RailKing Imperial ES44 Diesel Locomotive and complementing Extended Vision Cabooses in multiple liveries that are slated for release next Fall. Each of these offerings will be available in limited quantities and is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in September 2024.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.