Lionel 6-11104
UNION PACIFIC 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY #4014
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| Joshua Lionel Cowen Series Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Picture yourself in 1942 standing atop Sherman Hill in Wyoming alongside the Union Pacific mainline. In the distance there's a whistle, and then the characteristic eight beats per revolution-it has to be an articulated steamer. As the noise grows louder, you see a mighty 4-8-8-4 Big Boy come into view, pulling a 70 to 80 car freight train at an amazing 50 m.p.h. The massive Union Pacific Big Boy is the fastest and heaviest single-expansion steam locomotive ever built. UP Vice President Otto Jabelman's Department of Research and Mechanical Standards solved the need for doubleheading, helpers, and splitting long freights. A magnificent piece of railroad engineering, the American Locomotive Company (ALCo) produced 20 Big Boys in 1941 and another five in 1944. The Lionel Union Pacific Big Boy is equally magnificent, and premieres the introduction of the Legacy System-the next generation of TrainMaster Command Control. Loco is able to run in conventional or TMCC mode, has odyssey speed control and railsounds 5.0. The 14-wheel centipede tender features a removable coal load and an auger at the bottom of the coal bunkerLoco has every feature Lionel has ever had and many new ones too. Minimum Curve: O-72 FEATURES: TMCC II Legacy equipped-able to run in Command Control Mode or in Conventional Transformer Control Mode Odyssey System for speed control with ON/OFF switch RailSounds 5.0 sound system with custom recorded effects including: Multi-part CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements to create realistic operating scenarios from pulling out of the yard to initiating an emergency stop, in both conventional and command control environments Realistic operator-controlled effects, including the water injector, activated by the CAB-1 Remote Controller Prototypical four chuffs per revolution DynaChuff synchronized chuffing that shifts through 15 levels of intensity as the locomotive gains speed Simulate the locomotive running light or battling against a heavy load by manually adjusting the DynaChuff intensity with CAB-1 commands MultiWhistle effect simulates blows at different steam pressures, long and short attacks, and even extra quilling with each press of the whistle button Independently adjustable volume control- use the CAB-1 Remote Controller to lower the level of background effects such as chuffing while keeping operator-controlled effects such as the whistle at full volume FatBoy speaker for the ultimate in sound reproduction High-torque Pittmanr motor with momentum flywheel Wireless Tether connection between locomotive and tender Directional lighting including operating headlight and back-up light Illuminated classification and marker lights Illuminated number boards Removable smoke stack hood Die-cast metal locomotive body, frame andtrucks Scale front coupler with interchangeable Ogauge coupler for double-heading ElectroCoupler on rear of tender Traction tires Synchronized fan-driven smoke unit with adjustable smoke output Separately applied metal details Accurate separately applied builder's plates Opening cab roof hatch Illuminated cab interior with painted gauges, valves and walls Variable ashpan glow Flickering firebox in cab Cab window glass Engineer and fireman figures Die-cast metal tender body and trucks Individually opening tender water hatches reveal easy-to-access RailSounds controls Opening coal bunker doors Removable coal load lifts away to reveal auger detail in coal bunker Minimum Curve: O-72 |
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