Broadway Limited Imports HO 10201 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #8444, 1962-1973 Appearance, No-Sound / DCC-Ready
Broadway Limited Imports HO 10201 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #8444, 1962-1973 Appearance, No-Sound / DCC-Ready is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Description
Description
About this model
ALCO delivered ten FEF-3s, Nos. 835 to 844, in December 1944. They rode on 80-inch drivers with 14-wheel centipede tenders and ran fast with UP's best trains: the Overland Limited, the Los Angeles Limited, the Portland Rose and the Challenger.
When the diesels took over, every FEF-3 but one was retired. No. 844 never was. It is the only steam locomotive a North American Class I railroad never retired. In 1962 UP gave the 844 number to a new GP30, so the steamer ran as 8444 until it got its number back in 1989.
This is #8444 in black with an aluminum smokebox, as it looked in its early excursion years, 1962 to 1973.
This version: Stealth Series, No-Sound and DCC-Ready. Want sound and smoke from the factory? See the Paragon4 version.
Pairs well with
- #844 in Greyhound gray: the same engine almost thirty years later
- #8444 in its 1973-1987 appearance
Then and now: put this beside #844 in Greyhound gray.
Model features
- Stealth Series: No-Sound, DCC-Ready
- 21-pin decoder interface with a speaker already installed, ready for the sound decoder of your choice
- FEF-3 double or triple stack, accurate for each road number
- Accurately modeled turret casing
- Individual side rods
- Walschaerts valve gear
- Centipede-style oil tender with detailed oil insert (#844/8444 carries the Heritage Fleet containment dam; other numbers do not)
- Worthington or Sellers feedwater heater options
- Cast steel Commonwealth pilot with front coupler or pilot insert option
- Heavy die-cast boiler, tender body and chassis
- 5-pole can motor with skew-wound armature; precision drive for heavy loads and smooth slow speed
- Separately applied handrails, ladders, piping, whistle and brass bell
- Rubber traction tires
- Minimum radius: 22 inches
Specifications subject to change by Broadway Limited. This Stealth version does not include Paragon4 sound or smoke.
Broadway Limited Imports HO 10201 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3,...
