General Electric's Dash 9 is one of the most identifiable locomotives to ever run on American rails. Generating close to 4,500 horsepower from its electronic fuel injection engine, its impressive performance made it popular with several railroads. Packed with all of your favorite features, this engine is finely detailed with safety treads along the _walkways, emergency placards printed on the top and sides of its scale-sized body, and it's equipped with a smoother running, dual motor system and impressive fan driven smoke unit. For the first time, Lionel's Dash 9 in the Amtrak road name can be experienced in the ultra-realism of LEGACY RailSounds, and Odyssey II speed control, and the LEGACY Command System.
 
Features: Legacy Control System equipped-able to run in LEGACY Control mode, in TrainMaster Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer
 
Odyssey II Speed Control with ON-OFF switch
 
LEGACY RailSounds sound system featuring:_ * CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements, each with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped_ * Six official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog_ * Eight diesel RPM levels_-LEGACY "Real-Time Quilling Horn" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals_ * Single hit or continuous mechanical bell sounds
 
* Front and rear ElectroCouplers * Dual powerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheels * Refined Conventional Transformer Control Mode with lower starting speeds * Traction tires * Fan-driven smoke unit w/adjustable smoke output * Directional lighting including LED headlights and marker lights * Operating radiator fans * Illuminated number boards * Illuminated cab interior * Die cast metal trucks, pilot & fuel tank * Metal frame * Separately applied metal details * Accurate, separately applied builder's plates * Engineer and fireman figures Length: 18" Minimum Curve: O-36