News & Reviews News American Z Line August 2022 diesel locomotive announcements

American Z Line August 2022 diesel locomotive announcements

By Bryson Sleppy | August 9, 2022

| Last updated on August 11, 2022


More new paint schemes on Electro-Motive Division SW1500 and Alco PA-1 and PB-1 locomotives

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American Z Line diesel locomotive announcements for August 2022

Scale: Z (1:220)

Price: Contact manufacturer

Era: Southern Ry. Electro-Motive Division SW1500 diesel locomotive, 1969 to 1980s. Union Pacific Alco PA-1 diesel locomotive, January 1949 to early and mid-1960s.

Manufacturer: American Z Line, 6142 Northcliff Blvd., Dublin, OH 43016; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com

Black train locomotive with white background
Electro-Motive Division SW1500 diesel locomotive

Electro-Motive Division SW1500 features:

  • AutoLatch couplers
  • Prototype-specific details
  • Directional light-emitting-diode lighting
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Traction tires
  • Adapters for retrofitting with Micro-Trains no. 905 couplers

Road name: Southern Ry. (black and aluminum, two road numbers)

Two yellow train locomotives
Alco PA-1 and PB-1 diesel locomotives

Alco PA-1 and PB-1 features:

  • 7mm can motor
  • Dual flywheels
  • Digital Command Control-ready
  • Six-axle trucks with blind middle axle (no flange)
  • Traction tires
  • Blackened metal wheels
  • Directional light-emitting-diode lighting
  • Optional front coupler cover and snow plow

Road name: Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray, two PA-1s and two PA-1/PB-1 sets)

Release date: To be announced.

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