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7057 UP Big Boy #4014, "The Big Boy Tour" Excursion, Standard Finish, Challenger Excursion Tender, Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC, Smoke, HO
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MSRP: $869.99
Your Price: Order from your dealer today!
Item Number: 7057
Product Line: Paragon4
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Often called the largest steam locomotive ever made, and certainly a
contender for the Worlds Most Famous Locomotive, the Big Boy was forged
under some of the most strenuous demands ever placed on a locomotive. The UP
Railroad needed a locomotive that could be used to pull a 3,600-ton train
over Sherman Hill and the 1.14% grade from Ogden to Wasatch, Utah without
the need for helpers. When the design
specifications were complete, it was decided on the use of a simple
articulated, high speed, 132 ft. long locomotive sporting sixteen 68
diameter drive wheels. What they created was the longest and among the
heaviest, most powerful steam locomotive legends in the world. And had not
the worker at ALCO chalked Big Boy on the front of the smoke box of one of
the 4-8-8-4s under construction, a name that immediately caught on, it is
rumored that the name of the type would have been Wasatch, for the mountains
they were built to conquer.
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from Worlds Greatest Steam Locomotives by Eugene L. Huddleston:
There were 25 locomotives
fabricated in two different groups. Class 1 were locomotives #4000-4019 and
Class 2 was numbered 4020-4024. The first Big Boy #4000 was delivered to
Omaha, NE on September 5, 1941. Union Pacific's commitment to the Big Boy
required them to replace the lighter rail and straighten out many miles of
track for clearance, as well as to resize elements of their service areas
(such as turntable lengths, etc.) for the entire line these locos would run
on.
The Big Boys demonstrated
fantastic strength and speed as they faced these challenges throughout their
storied careers. With the total mileage on the Big Boy fleet being
approximately 1,000,000 miles for each locomotive, one must say that they
earned their reputation.
Several examples remain in
museums around the country but silently they sit as a visual echo to the
thunder that once made them revered throughout the landscape that the Big
Boys dominated.
In
this production, BLI is modeling three numbered Class-1 Big Boys, two
numbered Class-2 Big Boys, and an unpainted model of each. We will also
offer two models of #4014 as it appears today with slight paint variations
based on the timeframe. Additionally, we are building two models of the Big
Boy in the Union Pacific Two Tone Gray paint scheme - one with aluminum
lettering and one with yellow. This is a fantasy paint scheme as the Big
Boy never received this paint in real life.
Industry-leading Model
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, Cab
Light, Front Numberboards, Front Marker Lights, Rear Marker Lights
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Factory-installed
Engineer and Fireman Figures
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Optional
Smoke Hood can be Installed if Desired
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Optional
Operating Front Coupler Included in Box
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Prototypically Accurate
Details for Each Road Number
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Two
After-cooler variations - As-Delivered for the Class-1 and Wilson
Aftercooler for the Class-2 models
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Three
Accurately Modeled Tender Variations: 25-C-100 for the Class-1
models, 25-C-400 for the Class-2 models, and the Challenger #3985
tender for the #4014 Excursion Service models.
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Many Separately Applied
Details such as Handrails, Ladders, Piping, Cab Glass, Whistle,
Brass Bell, Markers, Numberboards, Air Tanks, and Many Others
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Equipped with Rubber
Traction Tires for Increased Pulling Power
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Recommended Minimum
Radius: 18 inches
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Accurate Prototypical
Sounds for the Union Pacific Big Boys
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Broadway Limited Imports is
proud to introduce Paragon4: The new benchmark for premium HO
sound-equipped locomotives. These DC and DCC-Sound equipped locomotives
feature the ALL-NEW Paragon4 sound and control system. Each Paragon4
locomotive comes with BLI's own integral DCC Decoder factory installed.
Paragon4 locomotives offer Dual Mode DC and DCC operation with superb back
EMF motor control, improved DC motor control, built-in capacitor pack for
more reliable electrical pick-up, industry best on-board sound with Rolling
Thunder functionality, Pro Lighting Mode for prototypical light control,
Switcher model for precise low speed control, recordable DCC operation for
automated playback, and the same excellent detail level as Broadway
Limited's Paragon3 Series models.
Paragon4 Sound & Control
System Features:
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Operates in DC & DCC with
improved DC speed control (use DCMaster for DC Sound)
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Built-In capacitor pack to
navigate imperfect track
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Capacitor Pack
automatically disabled on program track for full compatibility with
JMRI Decoder Pro
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Pro Lighting Mode offers
individual control of all lights on model
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Switcher Mode for
precise low speed control.
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Record & Play Operation -
Records and plays back sounds and movements once or repeatedly for
automatic operation
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High Resolution Audio
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Quillable Whistle for
various whistle lengths and patterns
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Choice of 3 selectable
Horns
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Alternate Whistle / Horn where
applicable for locomotive with air horn and steam whistle - both the main
whistle and alternate can be easily played
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Adjustable bell ringing
interval for faster or slower bell
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Numerous user-mappable functions
with available keys
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Johnson Bar Sound at
Direction Change
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Multiple realistic
passenger and crew sounds play on command
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Grade Crossing Automatic
Signal
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Automatic Forward / Reverse
Signal - When activated, stopping triggers and stop whistle toot.
When moving forward from a stopped position, toots twice. When moving in
reverse. toots three times.
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Chuff sound intensity varies
with load
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Individually adjustable
sound volumes for each effect
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EZ Reset Button for
quick return to factory default settings
**Specifications on this page
subject to change.
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