HO SCALE ATHEARN LEGENDARY LIVERIES READY TO ROLL RTR F59PHI ROCK ISLAND HERITAGE METRA #425 DCC & SOUND 64730
METRA FEATURES:
Beginning in 2017, METRA began to honor the legacy of the railroads that
made Chicago a centerpiece for American travel, by painting several of
its locomotives in heritage paint schemes.
#425 was first to be released in December 2017 and is painted to honor
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad as well as outgoing CEO
Don Orseno.
- Unveiled in January 2019
- #409 is painted in the colors of the Chicago
- Milwaukee
- St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
- Better known as the Milwaukee Road. It also features the famous "Hiawatha" logo on the nose.
Unveiled in January 2019, #409 is painted in the colors of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, better known as the Milwaukee
Road. It also features the famous "Hiawatha" logo on the nose.
- Locomotive #90 is painted in Chicago and North Western Railroad livery
- Whose former rail lines still see METRA trains today.
Note: The paint schemes on numbers 405 and 425 are not depicted on
F59PHI locomotives in real life. We offer them here in our Legendary
Liveries series, as a fitting tribute to the legacy of these great
railroads and to satisfy popular demand for these paint schemes.
OCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
- LED Lighting for realistic appearance
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
- See through window glazings and radiator fans
- See-through dynamic brake fans if applicable
- Separately-applied horn and wire grab irons
- Separately applied Celcon scale handrails on rear pilot
- Snowplow
- McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and pulling power
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- 5-pole skew wound motor with precision-machined flywheels and multi-link drive train for optimal operation
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- Replacement parts available, including motor brushes
- Painted and printed for realistic decoration
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
- Highly detailed, injection molded body
- Multiple road numbers
- Minimum radius: 18"
SOUND EQUPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE
- Onboard Econami Sound by SoundTraxx
- Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
- Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
- Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
- All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Excellent Slow speed control
- Effect lighting (if applicable) using F5 and/or F6
- Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
- Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
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