Guaranteed Pre-Order Deadline is September 24th, 2021
After closing, you may still place a pre-order and we will attempt to acquire one for you.
Estimated Delivery Date Is: May 2027
Product Information:
In the spring of 1941 UP locomotive designers began working on a locomotive to team up with the new 4-8-8-4 Big Boy's then under construction at Alco. The Big Boy's were designed to pull heavy freights up the Wasatch Range in Utah to the division point at Green River, WY. What was needed was a locomotive to take over at that point that could speed the freights eastward across the Wyoming Division. Building on their experience with the original CSA 4-6-6-4 Challengers UP and Alco's designers developed a newer and better Challenger type locomotive. The result was a group of 65 4-6-6-4 Challenger built in three separate groups during World War II.
Road Number Specific Features:
#3976
- Two-tone grey w/ yellow lettering and striping. Oil burner
- Dual smoke stack. Era: Late 1940's - Mid-1950's.
Steam Locomotive Features:
- Illuminated number boards and headlights
- Headlight turns off in reverse
- Illuminated directional back-up light in the tender
- Correctly operating eccentric cranks
- Adjustable top cab vent and cab windows
- Pivoting front and rear engines for negotiating 18" radius curves
- Current pick-up on all driver and wheels
- Boiler backhead with full details and printed gauges
- Synchronized chuff, whistle, bell, blow-down, air compressor, dyno and pop-off valve sounds
- User-controlled whistle, short whistle, bell, squeal, coupler crash, injector, water stop and light dimmer
- Individually-applied detail parts, including brass-painted bell and whistle, piping, valves, generator, steps, air pump, air tanks, reverser and coupler lift bar
- Front coupler pocket can be inserted to mount operating coupler
- Minimum recommended radius: 22"
New Features:
- Dual cube speakers for great sound quality
- Lighted firebox flicker effect with see-through firebox door
- Upgraded headlight lighting with brighter LED
- Improved loco-to-tender connection harness for increased durability and serviceability
Sound Equipped Models Also Feature:
- Tender-mounted DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
- Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
- Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
- Engine, whistle, and bell sounds work in DC
- All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Excellent Slow speed control
- Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
- CV chart included in the box
