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Product Information:
10209 Union Pacific 4-8-4, Class FEF-3, #837, Black & Graphite, No-Sound / DCC-Ready, HO
Union Pacific’s Northern-type locomotives were built by ALCO’s Schenectady Works in three classes between August 1937 and December 1944. The first class, designated FEF-1 (for Four-Eight-Four), consisted of locomotives 800–819. Equipped with 77-inch drivers and a 300-psi boiler, these locomotives impressed UP enough to order 15 additional engines between August and October 1939. These locomotives, numbered 820–834, featured 80-inch drivers and larger 14-wheel centipede tenders with a 23,500-gallon capacity and were designated FEF-2.
Features:
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Accurately modeled FEF-3 double stack and triple stack - prototypically accurate for each road number
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Accurately modeled turret casing
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Individual side rods
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Centipede-style oil tenders with finely detailed oil inserts. #844/8444 has the Heritage Fleet containment dam, other road numbers do not.
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Options for Worthington and Sellers FWH
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Cast steel Commonwealth pilot with options for a front coupler or pilot insert
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Walschaerts Valve Gear
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#844/8444 multiple era-specific appearances
Industry-leadingModel Features:
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ALL-NEW Paragon4 Sound & Control System
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Synchronized Puffing Smoke with Chuff Sound
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Variable Puffing Smoke Intensity and timing
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Separate Whistle Smoke Feature - smoke streams from whistle area when whistle is blown
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Integral DCC Decoder with Back EMF for Industry Best Slow Speed Operation in DC and DCC
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Precision Drive Mechanism engineered for continuous heavy load towing and smooth slow speed operation
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5-Pole Can Motor with Skew Wound Armature
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Heavy Die Cast Boiler, Tender Body, and Chassis for Increased Tractive Effort
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Premium Caliber Painting with Authentic Paint Scheme
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Prototypical Light Operation with Separately Controllable Headlight, Reverse Light (where applicable), Cab Light, Mars Light (where applicable), Front Numberboards, Front Marker Lights, and Rear Tender Deck Light
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Factory-installed Engineer and Fireman Figures
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Prototypically Accurate Details for Each Road Number
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Many Separately Applied Details such as Handrails, Ladders, Piping, Whistle, and Brass Bell
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Equipped with Rubber Traction Tires for Increased Pulling Power
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Recommended Minimum Radius: 22 inches
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Accurate Prototypical Sounds for the UP FEF-3 Northern