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N Scale
Alco RS-3 Diesels |
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Check
out these great features:
- Directional
Lighting
- Full
Pilots
- Dual
brass flywheels/Low friction mechanism
- Body
Mounted Accu-Mate™ magnetic knuckle couplers
- Painted
handrails (where appropriate)
- Improved
slower speed motor for closer to scale speed
- Easily
equipped for DCC operation with TCS CN decoder
(see below).
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Prototype
Information:
Well over 1,300 RS-3 road-switcher
locomotives were built by ALCO between
1950 and 1956.
It can be considered one of the most successful
four-axle diesel road-switchers ever produced
by the builder. These 1,600hp locomotives
were powered by an ALCO 244 V-12 engine
which was complimented by rugged GE electrical
components. The RS-3 was truly a versatile
locomotive. It could be found in virtually
every type of service from passenger and
commuter runs to heavy-haul and local freight
assignments. Original owners of the RS-3
tended to be in the eastern and central
regions of the US (with heavier concentrations
in the northeast and southeast). |
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Popular paint scheme returns with new road #'s |
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Popular paint scheme returns with new road #'s |
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Popular paint scheme returns with new road #'s |
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Popular paint scheme returns with new road #'s |
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New
paint scheme - 1st time from Atlas |
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New
paint scheme - 1st time from Atlas |
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Popular paint scheme returns with new road #'s |
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New
paint scheme - 1st time from Atlas |
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Due to insuficient advance reservations - Cancelled by Atlas
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Scale BEMF Decoders |
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BEMF
and N Scale. N scale has always presented
a challenge in the area of motor control due to the
small size of the motor and flywheels. All this has
changed with the introduction of TCS's BEMF (BEMF = Back EMF / Load Compensation
programming, built into the new TCS chips) which
compensates for the small size of N motors/flywheels.
TCS BEMF provides outstanding slow speed control
for N. TCS's new advanced BEMF automatically adjusts
for optimum control through all speed ranges.
CN Classic
Decoder has been designed
to fit inside the Atlas RS series of locos.
Two small boards connected by wire (factory
connected) replace the "headlight" PC
boards on each end of the OEM frame. You need
to "isolate" the motor and solder
a wire attachment ... that's it. The result
is a full function DCC loco (all the features
of TCS's regular decoders) plus the added performance
benefits of the new BEMF control. If you click
on the PC board photos above, TCS shows complete
install details on this simple conversion.
Highly recommended. Your classic Atlas RS series
of locos have never un so well! We expect that
this new decoder will also fit other split
frame N scale locos.
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CN Classic Decoder
for locos not DCC ready
BEMF Decoder Converts
Atlas RS-Series Locos
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# TCS-CN
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