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In 1971 Alco FA's were a vanishing sight across North America. Railfans flocked to the Western Maryland where four units were still working out their final years on the railroad. The only Alco cab units on the roster, the WM ordered four FA-2s in 1941 because EMD models weren't readily available. By the late 1960s, the four found themselves operating mostly out of Hagerstown, Maryland on freights as well as helper service on Williamson Hill. Only one received the "Circus" paint scheme before they were leased to the Reading and then sold in 1972. Their story didn't end there - all four became power cars on the Long Island where railfans would again celebrate the "last of the FA's" decades later. We pay tribute to the Wild Mary in its final and most colorful years in this new set which includes a pair of powered FA-2s, 60' Boxcar, 50' TOFC flatcar with trailer, 100-ton hopper and Northeast style caboose. All of the cars would have been right at home in the Hagerstown area at the time, whether coming off an "Alpha Jet" connection with the Reading or a load of limestone out of Birdsboro bound for Sparrows Point. SET INCLUDES: LEGACY FA-2 AA set 60' Boxcar 50' Flatcar with trailer 100T Hopper Illuminated Northeast caboose LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES: LEGACY(c) Control System equipped – able to run in LEGACY(c) Control mode, in TrainMaster(c) Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer Bluetooth(c) Control - Operate with Universal Remote or LionChief(c) App Lionel Voice Control (LVC) - run your locomotive by speaking commands into your phone via LionChief(c) App Odyssey(c) II Speed Control Mars Light where appropriate ElectroCouplers on front pilots, non-operating on rear Sound in lead unit only Both units powered with lights and smoke IR Transmitter for SensorTrack(tm) Dual powerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheels Traction tires Refined Conventional Transformer Control mode with lower starting speeds Fan-driven smoke unit Adju