Union Pacific 4-8-4 Imperial FEF Northern Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Overview
Delivered in 1944, the Union Pacific's ten FEF-3 ("FEF" for "Four Eight Four") Northerns were the apex of super-power steam: modern, handsome, and designed to cruise at over 100 mph. In their early years, dressed in two-tone grey, they pulled the Overland Limited, Portland Rose, Challenger and other crack UP passenger trains. Diesels later bumped them to freight service in plain black livery. The last FEF-3 built, No. 844, has the distinction of being the only steam locomotive never retired by a U.S. railroad. You can ride behind it today in UP excursion service.
The FEF-3 returns to the RailKing line in four authentic passenger and freight paint schemes. The oil-burning versions have the distinctive "elephant ears" - smoke deflectors designed to prevent smoke from obscuring the engineer's vision - and the coal-fired version has a real coal load. For 2013 we've upgraded this model with a larger tender and additional Imperial features that include Proto-Sound 3.0, legible builder's plates, marker lights with individual LED illumination, painted backhead gauges, cab interior light, and tender truck safety chains.
Did You Know?
In 1946 it cost $1.19 per mile to operate an FEF-3, of which 40 cents went for coal or oil, 3 cents for water, and 19 cents for crew wages. Brand new, an FEF-3 went for $150,000, nearly 100 times the price of a new car.
Features
- Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis
- Die-Cast Tender Body
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis
- Authentic Paint Scheme
- Die-Cast Locomotive Trucks
- Engineer and Fireman Figures
- Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
- Decorative Metal Whistle
- Metal Wheels and Axles
- Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler
- Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
- Constant Voltage Headlight
- Operating Marker Lights
- Lighted Cab Interior
- Operating Tender Back-up Light
- Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
- Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
- Wireless Drawbar
- Near Scale Sizing
- Onboard DCC Receiver
- Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
- Unit Measures:23 1/8" x 2 9/16" x 4 1/16"
- Operates On O-31 Curves Steam DCC Features
- Headlight/Tail light
- Bell
- Whistle
- Start-up/Shut-down
- Passenger Station/Freight Yard Sounds
- All Other Lights (On/Off)
- Master Volume
- Front Coupler
- Rear Coupler
- Forward Signal
- Reverse Signal
- Grade Crossing
- Smoke On/Off
- Smoke Volume
- Idle Sequence 3
- Idle Sequence 2
- Idle Sequence 1
- Extended Start-up
- Extended Shut-down
- One Shot Doppler
- Coupler Slack
- Coupler Close
- Single Horn Blast
- Engine Sounds
- Brake Sounds
- Cab Chatter
- Feature Reset
- Labor Chuff
- Drift Chuff