Lionel 6-24568

SANTA FE (EL CAPITAN) FT DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE

 

TEST RUN, WORKS GREAT, NO BOX. The EMD FT was a 1,350 hp B-B diesel-electric locomotive produced between November 1939 and November 1945 by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (the "F" stood for "freight" and the "T" for 2700 horsepower with a 2 unit set). 555 cab- equipped A units were built, along with 541 cabless booster B units, for a total of 1,096 locomotive units constructed, all sold to railroads in the United States. It was the first model in EMD's very successful F-unit series of cab unit diesels, and was the locomotive that convinced many US railroads that the diesel- electric freight locomotive was the future, and that EMD was the manufacturer that could make it happen. Many rail historians consider the FT one of the most important locomotive models of all t ime.
  • This Lionel version - built from 2004-2007 - was only available as part of the 6-30001 El Capitan passenger set. The El Capitan was the Santa Fe's premier Chicago-Los Angeles passenger train. It's painted up in the colorful Warbonnet scheme. Features of this engine include: a three position E -Unit, Operating headlight, Trainsounds sound system with diesel engine revving, horn, bell, squealing brakes, and operator-controlled CrewTalk, operating front coupler, dual maintenance free motors, traction tires, die cast trucks, pilot, frame, and fuel tank lighted cab, and fireman and engineer figures. It requires O27 and greater radius curves.

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