American Z Line diesel locomotive announcements for July 2022
Scale: Z (1:220)
Price: Contact manufacturer
Era: Louisville & Nashville Electro-Motive Division SW1500 diesel locomotive, November 1971 to mid-1980s. Freedom Train Alco PA-1 diesel locomotive, 1947 to 1949.
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 6142 Northcliff Blvd., Dublin, OH 43016; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
![gray diesel locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MRR-LN-EMD-SW1500-AZL-0722.jpg)
EMD 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: Louisville & Nashville (gray with yellow lettering, two road numbers).
![Alco PA-1 decorated for Freedom](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MRR-Freedom-Train-Alco-PA-1-AZL-0722-1.jpg)
Freedom Train Alco PA-1 features:
- 7mm can motor
- Dual flywheels
- 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: Freedom Train (“Spirit of 1776” scheme, one road number).
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AZL is not made in OH, but AZLdirect is the main distributor of AZ is in Dublin,OH.