Authentic Sounds (Sound Equipped Units Only) and Prototypical Operation
Many Separately Applied Details
Operating Sprung Diaphragms
Constant Intensity Directional Lighting
Traction Tire-Equipped for Maximum Traction
Locomotive Composition: ABS with Die Cast Chassis
A-Unit Length: 5.5"
B-Unit Length: 5.5"
A-Unit Weight (Powered): 4 oz
Motor Type: 5-Pole Can with Skewed Armature & Dual Fly
Wheels
Couplers: (2) Micro Trains #1015 or Compatible
Recommended Minimum Radius: 9.75"
"No Sound, DCC Upgradeable"
Units denoted as No Sound, DCC Upgradeable are units
that are not sound equipped and function only in DC. Modelers may choose
to install an NMRA compliant DCC decoder into the onboard socket to upgrade to
DCC functionality.
Most of the premier passenger trains including
the AT&SF "Super Chief," various CB&Q "Zephyrs,"
Great Northern's "Empire Builder," New York Central's
"Twentieth Century" and Pennsylvania Railroad's "Broadway
Limited" were pulled by EMD "E" unit diesel locomotives from the
1940's to the 1970's. The largest percentage was the E7's with 428 units
produced between February 1945 and April 1949. The railroads developed a love
affair for the E units until most passenger trains on major railroads were
powered by one of the bulldog nose diesel locomotives. Modelers have long been
infected by the same bug as the railroads were.
When passenger trains became too long for a
single E7A unit, most railroads added additional E7A's to gain enough power to
handle such trains. A few railroads opted to have cabless locomotives built: E7B's,
which could be controlled from the A unit. The "B" suffix indicates a
booster unit. The railroads that used E7B locomotives included: PRR, Union
Pacific, Southern Pacific and New York Central.
