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7232 UP Big Boy, Unlettered, 1941, As-Delivered Aftercooler, 25-C-100 Coal Tender, Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC, Smoke, N
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MSRP: $599.99
Your Price: Order from your dealer today!
Item Number: 7232
Product Line: Paragon4
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The New York Central commissioned famed industrial designer Henry
Dreyfuss to sculpt the streamlined shape for the ten J3 Hudson
Often called the largest steam loco 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 side 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.
Quote 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. The Union Pacific Railroad'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 our first production of this model in N
scale, BLI is modeling the Union Pacific Big Boy with these notable
features:
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Accurately modeled front end with
appropriate aftercooler system for each class
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Accurately modeled 25-C-100 and 25-C-400
tender, appropriate for each class
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Accurately modeled oil tender for #4014
which operates in excursion service today
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Two models painted in attractive two-tone
gray paint schemes that the Big Boys never received in real life
Industry-leading
Model Features:
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Paragon4 Sound & Control
System featuring ROLLING THUNDER
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Integral Dual-Mode
Decoder with Back EMF for Superb Slow Speed Operation in DC and
DCC
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Precision Drive
Mechanism Engineered for Heavy Towing and Smooth Slow Speed
Operation
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Operating Smoke Unit
with On/Off Switch
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Six Drivers and All
Tender Wheels
Pick-up Electricity from Track
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Die Cast Locomotive Body with Die
Cast Chassis for Heavier Weight and Maximum Tractive Effort
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Rubber Tires on Two
Drivers for Additional Tractive Effort
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Premium Caliber Painting
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Prototypically Accurate
Paint Schemes and Road Numbers
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Many Separately Applied
Details such as Handrails, Grab Irons, Piping, Tender Ladders, Whistle, and Bell
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Prototypical Headlight
and Rear Light
Operation
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Separately Controllable
Cab Light and Lighted Numberboards
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Prototypically Accurate
Sounds for the Union Pacific Big Boy
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Operating Microtrains-compatible
Couplers
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Will Operate on Code 55,
Code 70,
and Code 80 Rail
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Minimum Operating
Radius: 9.75 inches
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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
extra capacitance to navigate imperfect track
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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 Horn 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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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
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Prime Mover 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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