Broadway Limited Imports HO 10207 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #844, Greyhound, 1989-1991 Appearance, No-Sound / DCC-Ready
Broadway Limited Imports HO 10207 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #844, Greyhound, 1989-1991 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 #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: Stealth Series, No-Sound and DCC-Ready. Want sound and smoke from the factory? See the Paragon4 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
- 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 10207 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3,...
