Good morning jhz563!
MTH’s Premier model of Boston & Maine #1274 (20-21401-1, MSRP $479.95) was delivered in 2021 with PS3 and represents an Alco S-2 switcher. Like my other MTH diesel locomotives with PS3, it runs very smoothly. B&M’s #1174 was an Alco S-3 switcher built in 1950 with 660 horsepower. It was damaged in a 1957 fire at the B&M roundhouse in Springfield, Massachusetts, rebuilt by Alco as an S-4 switcher with 1000 horsepower, and renumbered #1274. The engine weight was 230,000 pounds and tractive effort was 57,500 pounds. The blue paint scheme was promoted by B&M president Patrick McGinnis to modernize the look of the railroad as he had done previously while president of the New Haven Railroad between 1954 and 1956. McGinnis became president of the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1956 and later served 18 months in Federal Prison for his part in a sale of railroad cars by the B&M.
The train is running at 16 miles-per-hour in the first video and 10 miles-per-hour in the second.
MELGAR
