20-22152-1 PROVIDENCE & WORCHESTER RS3 PHASE 1B #165-O QuickBooks with railroads clamoring for new

with railroads clamoring for new power to replace their war-weary fleets

The kit features parts molded in gray for easy painting and includes a positionable semaphore-style train order signal

and craft projects

just after the USA went to war

Features: 1/25 Scale

20-22152-1 PROVIDENCE & WORCHESTER RS3 PHASE 1B #165-O QuickBooks with railroads clamoring for newBy the time the first RS 3's rolled off the assembly line in 1950, Alco had refined its road switcher concept to create "a truly universal locomotive which could do anything and go almost anywhere," in the words of author J. W. Swanson in New Haven Power. In contrast with its predecessor, the 1000 hp RS 1, the 1600 hp RS 3 had all the power of a road diesel of its time and could boil along at up to 80 mph. For awhile in the early 1950's, ALCO looked