Union Pacific 'Big Boy' Project Information

We will offer both the series 1 and series 2 locomotives with all of the appropriate detailing for 'as-built' and 'in-service' versions. The technology that we are developing in our preceding projects will culminate in the finest 'Big Boy' model ever built in any scale. (Products bearing Union Pacific marks are made under trademark license from Union Pacific Railroad Company).

MODEL FEATURES

• A Twin Function Custom Built Dallee Electronics Sound System with Specially designed Speaker System

• Twin Custom Wound Ball-Bearing Equipped Pittman Motors

• Purpose Designed Ball-Bearing Equipped Drive Mechanism

• Stainless Prototypically Dimensioned Wheel Sets

• Nickel Silver Rods and Valve Gear

• Constant Voltage Lighting System

• Full Under-body Detail on Locomotive & Tender

• All directional lighting can be controlled both automatically and manually using the included control box which is also used to control the sound functions.  All remote features are assignable as DCC functions

• Fully Equalized and Sprung Suspension with Fabricated Leaf Springs

• 62 Ball-Bearing Units used throughout the model

• Ball-Bearing Equipped Side & Main Rods

• User Controlled Electronically Operated Valve Gear on both Engines

• Full Cab Detail: Wood Liner, Brass Gauge Bezels & Lenses

• Real Glass Window Glazing

• Prototypical Operating Buffer Assembly between Loco & Tender

• All Hatches and Compartments are Operational

• A now standard feature is the prototypically built and hung running boards which are mounted on miniature brackets extending from the boiler jacket, you can see daylight between the running board and boiler

 

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