![]() 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.Add realistic freight car sounds throughout your train with these new PS-1 boxcars! Finished in multiple popular roadnames so you can add as much sound as you'd like without duplication, each car plays the clickety-clacks, bumps, squeals, thumps and grinds as the train rolls along. Each Paragon4 locomotive comes with BLI's own integral DCC Decoder factory installed. These DC and DCC-Sound equipped locomotives feature the ALL-NEW Paragon4 sound and control system. Will Operate on Code 55, Code 70, and Code 80 Railīroadway Limited Imports is proud to introduce Paragon4: The new benchmark for premium HO sound-equipped locomotives.Operating Microtrains-compatible Couplers.Prototypically Accurate Sounds for the Union Pacific Big Boy.Separately Controllable Cab Light and Lighted Numberboards.Prototypical Headlight and Rear Light Operation.Many Separately Applied Details such as Handrails, Grab Irons, Piping, Tender Ladders, Whistle, and Bell.Prototypically Accurate Paint Schemes and Road Numbers.Rubber Tires on Two Drivers for Additional Tractive Effort.Die Cast Locomotive Body with Die Cast Chassis for Heavier Weight and Maximum Tractive Effort.Six Drivers and All Tender Wheels Pick-up Electricity from Track.Operating Smoke Unit with On/Off Switch.Precision Drive Mechanism Engineered for Heavy Towing and Smooth Slow Speed Operation.Integral Dual-Mode Decoder with Back EMF for Superb Slow Speed Operation in DC and DCC.Paragon4 Sound & Control System featuring ROLLING THUNDER.Two models painted in attractive two-tone gray paint schemes that the Big Boys never received in real life.Accurately modeled oil tender for #4014 which operates in excursion service today.Accurately modeled 25-C-100 and 25-C-400 tender, appropriate for each class.Accurately modeled front end with appropriate aftercooler system for each class.In our first production of this model in N scale, BLI is modeling the Union Pacific Big Boy with these notable features: 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. 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. The Big Boys demonstrated fantastic strength and speed as they faced these challenges throughout their storied careers. 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 first Big Boy #4000 was delivered to Omaha, NE on September 5, 1941. Class 1 were locomotives #4000-4019 and Class 2 was numbered 4020-4024. There were 25 locomotives fabricated in two different groups. ![]() Quote from Worlds Greatest Steam Locomotives by Eugene L. 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. What they created was the longest and among the heaviest, most powerful steam locomotive legends in the world. long locomotive sporting sixteen 68 diameter drive wheels. When the design specifications were complete, it was decided on the use of a simple articulated, high speed, 132 ft. 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. 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. Broadway Limited N ALCo 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, Paragon4 DCC Sound, Union Pacific #4007 As Delivered
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