N Scale: Rivet Counter - GE Standard Turbine no Tender - DCC & Sound - Union Pacific
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ScaleTrains N Scale: Rivet Counter - GE Standard Turbine no Tender - DCC & Sound - Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad’s quest for higher horsepower locomotives during the 1930s through 1960s led to some of the most interesting motive power in railroading history. In 1949, UP and General Electric (GE) began experimenting with gas turbine powered locomotives. The tests were successful so UP ordered 10 Standard Turbines which were delivered in 1952 and 1953. These powerful locomotives ran alongside UP’s fabled FEFs, Challengers, Big Boys, Veranda Turbines, and “Big Blow” Turbines. They were retired by the summer of 1964.Road Number Specific Details:
- Era: 1952-1964, UP series 51-60, built 1952
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Clear LED lighted front mars light*
- Red LED lighted front “UDE” light*
- Printed and LED lighted number boards
- Operating LED directional nose headlights
- Etched-metal Farr side grilles
- Numerous factory-applied detail parts
- Pilot-mounted screw-on front and rear semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Front and rear trainline hoses with silver gladhands
- Front and rear uncoupling levers
- 16 wire grab irons including short nose grab irons
- Non-operating class lights
- Four (4) side and single rear ladder
- Windshield wipers
- Detailed cab interior with floor, control stand, seats, and rear wall
- Molded sunshades
- Dual Leslie Tyfon A200 blat horns
- Detailed roof with dynamic brake housing, diesel engine exhaust stack, turbine exhaust stack, radiator grille, ventilation boxes, steam generator vent, and more
- Photo etched metal roofwalk
- Diamond plate tread pattern on rear platform
- Brake wheel and stand mounted on rear platform
- Five air tanks
- Aluminum truck sideframes
- AAR type B trucks with separately-applied brake cylinders; molded rerail
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- Forward and rearward trucks are geared
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED headlights
- Printing and lettering legible under magnification
- Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail
- Durable packaging safely stores model
- Minimum Radius: 11”
- Recommended Radius: 18”
- ESU-LokSound 5 Micro DCC and sound decoder with 21 pin MTC connector
- Uses decoder ESU58429
- “Sugar cube” type speaker
- Prime mover sound in “Hostler Mode”
- Turbine sound when activated
- Auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
