Broadway Limited Imports HO 10206 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #844, Greyhound, 1989-1991 Appearance, Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC, w/ Smoke
Broadway Limited Imports HO 10206 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #844, Greyhound, 1989-1991 Appearance, Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC, w/ Smoke 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 #844 in Greyhound gray, 1989 to 1991, after the GP30 retired and the engine got its original number back. After the 1991 season it went into the shop for an overhaul and came out in black in 1996.
This version: Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC with puffing smoke and whistle steam. Prefer to add your own decoder? See the DCC-Ready version.
Pairs well with
- #8444 in 1962-1973 black: same engine, nearly thirty years earlier
- #8444 in Greyhound, 1987-1989
Then and now: pair it with #8444 in 1962-1973 black.
Model features
- Paragon4 Sound & Control System, DC and DCC, integral decoder with back EMF
- Synchronized puffing smoke with chuff sound, variable intensity and timing
- Separate whistle smoke: steam streams from the whistle when it blows
- Separately controllable headlight, cab light, front numberboards, front marker lights and rear tender deck light
- Factory-installed engineer and fireman figures
- Accurate prototype sounds for the UP FEF-3 Northern
- 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
Paragon4 sound features
- Built-in capacitor pack for imperfect track (disables on the program track for JMRI DecoderPro)
- Pro Lighting Mode for individual control of every light
- Switcher Mode for precise low-speed control
- Record and Play for automated sound and movement playback
- Quillable whistle, adjustable bell interval, Johnson bar sound on direction change
- Passenger and crew sounds on command, automatic grade crossing and forward/reverse signals
- Chuff intensity varies with load; every effect has its own volume
- EZ Reset button for factory defaults
Specifications subject to change by Broadway Limited.
Broadway Limited Imports HO 10206 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3,...
