Lionel 6-11116

HISTORY OF THE UNION PACIFIC 4-8-4 NORTHERN FEF-3

 

classes, Union Pacific received its entire line of 45 Alco-built FEF 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives
  • Famous for high speed passenger service, these 4-8-4 bullets pulled Union Pacific trains like the Overland Flyer, Portland Rose, and Challenger at speeds as high as 100 mph
  • Displaced by the arrival of diesel locomotives in the mid 1950's, many FEF steam locomotives quickly "met the cutting torch", while others were reassigned to freight service where they continued to haul loads at record speeds
  • Union Pacific Northern # 844 still operates today
  • This engine holds the distinguished honor of being the only steamer never retired by a North American Class I railroad, and the last steam locomotive ever built for the Union Pacific.
  • Still used for company and public excursions, it is kept at the Union Pacific engine house in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
  • The newly tooled Lionel model is equipped with the Lionel LEGACY Command Control System, RailSounds 5.0, and prototypically accurate detailing and decoration
  • Available in two colors: black with a light graphite smoke box and firebox, and in a two-tone grey passenger scheme; both are accurately modeled with dual stacks and "elephant ear" smoke deflectors that reduced smoke flow over the cab, a Worthington SA feedwater heater, and an all-weather enclosed cab with an opening roof hatch
  • The engine is matched with a prototypical 14-wheel centipede oil-firing tender. Add a scale-sized CA-4 caboose or other scale U.P. rolling stock to complete your freight train.
  • CS10.07.02.0046

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