WALTHERS                              PROTO 1000    C-LINER DIESEL

HO GAUGE                              CANADIAN NATIONAL

POWERED                               DC

NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX

READY TO ROLL                    NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

The PROTO 1000 series offered hobbyists high-quality locomotives and freight cars at an affordable

price.  Each locomotive in the PROTO 1000 series features intricately molded details, laser-quality printing,

and prototypically correct paint schemes.  The PROTO 1000 locomotive boasts a five-pole 

skew wound armature motor with low amp draw for realistic, prototypical speeds.             

In 1948 the Fairbanks-Morse Corporation conceived a new line of streamlined box cab diesel locomotives.

These were named "Consolidation" or "C-Line", to reflect the builder's effort to consolidate into a single

 common standard A or B unit, a multiplicity of customer options without altering the basic design.

Many different models were in the line.  Cab units with a B-B wheel arrangement were models CFA 16-4 and CFA 20-4 for freight service and model CPA-16-4 for passenger service.  This PROTO 1000 model represents one of these locomotives.          

 

In 1952 and 1953 twenty-three of these engines were built for the Canadian National by the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario.  These C-Liners were powered by an 8 cylinder, two-cycle,

opposed piston engine which generated 1600 horsepower.  The trucks were symmetrically designed to enable the complete truck to be rotated 180 degrees under the locomotive to equalize wheel flange wear.  C-Liners were often used in multiple unit lashups.  The last C-Liners in service were retired by the Canadian Pacific in 1975.

The model features magnetic knuckle couplers, constant and directional lighting, dual machined brass flywheels, balanced 5-pole skew wound armature, heavy die-cast chassis, RP25 contour blackened metal wheels, and 8 wheel electrical pickup.                                                                             

Model is finished in the CN black and white stripes with the wet noodle herald.  Engine number is 9344.