GN S2 4-8-4
Features:
- Beautifully Detailed, Accurately Modeled Locomotive and Tender Body
- Authentic Design, Paint and Color Schemes
- Authentic Sounds (Sound Equipped Units Only) and Prototypical Operation
- Many Separately Applied Details Including Brass Bell / Rails
- Detailed Backhead
- Operating Cab-roof Vents
- Constant Intensity Directional Lighting
- Lighted Number Boards
- Factory Installed painted Fireman and Engineer Figures
- Seuthe Smoke Unit Ready
- Traction Tire Equipped for Maximum Traction
- Locomotive Composition: ABS with Die Cast Chassis
- Tender Composition: ABS with Die Cast Chassis
- Locomotive Length: 8.75"
- Tender Length: 5"
- Total Coupler-to-Coupler Length: 13.75"
- Motor type: 5-Pole Can with Skewed Armature & Fly Wheel
- Couplers: (2) Operating Kadee Compatible
- Compatible Tracks: Code 70, 83, 100 Rail
- Recommended Minimum Radius: 18"
"DCC & Sound Upgradeable" Units denoted as DCC & Sound Upgradeable are units that are not sound equipped and function only in DC. Modelers may choose to purchase an optional Sound & DCC upgrade kit, specifically tailored to the prototype which will add DCC and sound functionality. Upgrade kit works only for PCM models with PCM motherboards.
In March and April of 1930, the Great Northern Railway received fourteen 4-8-4's from Baldwin and assigned them to the S2 class, numbering them 2575 through 2588. The S2's were assigned to the Montana division for service between Williston, North Dakota and Havre, Montana, and the Spokane division for service between Spokane and Wenatchee, Washington.
One Great Northern S2, number 2584, still survives and is on display at the Havre, Montana depot.
**Specifications on this page subject to change.
