PRR Class B6sb 0-6-0 Switcher Pre-War - Sound and DCC - Paragon4(TM) -- Pennsylvania Railroad #5015 (Brunswick Green, graphite, Tuscan)

This Broadway Limited HO Scale PRR Class B6sb 0-6-0 Switcher is an iconic Pennsy switcher used in a variety of locations around the system. Commonly known as "shifters" on the PRR, the B6 class was the railroad's most successful steam switcher locomotive. 238 Class B6sb locomotives were constructed between 1916 and 1920. These locomotives were retrofitted with power reversers to make the frequent switching moves quicker and easier for crews that operated them. Class B6sb switchers could be found in major freight yards, passenger yards, and could occasionally be found on branch line duty. With over 36,000 lbs of tractive effort the 0-6-0s did their job effectively. Through World War I and II, they could be seen pretty much everywhere on the PRR. They were eventually pulled during the late 1940s and early 1950s in favor of diesel switchers. Today a single B6sb survives at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania located in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. These detailed models feature era-specific de