Athearn 28777 HO Scale ALCo RS-3 Rio Grande D&RGW 5202 with DCC and Sound Era_1983 + and one pig wallows in

and one pig wallows in his own mud hole

The outer portal drive housing provides more precision for the portal drive transmission gears and also provide more weight lower to the ground

Even the thumb pads on the gimbals contribute to the more comfortable

Era: mid-2016 present

For kids who are into fantasy action stories

Athearn 28777 HO Scale ALCo RS-3 Rio Grande D&RGW 5202 with DCC and Sound Era_1983 + and one pig wallows inAthearn 28777 HO Scale ALCo RS 3 Rio Grande D&RGW 5202 with DCC and Sound ALCO built the RS 3 to respond to competition with EMD, Fairbanks Morse, and Baldwin Locomotive Works. In the case of ALCO, the builder added more improvements to create new locomotive lines beyond the RS 2. ALCO produced 377 RS 2s versus the more successful RS 3s at 1,418. The new model produced slightly more horsepower than the earlier design at 1,600 hp using Alcos 12