Athearn Genesis HO ATHG19348 DCC Ready EMD F7A/F7B Locomotives Santa Fe SF Freight #339L/#348A

Description

Athearn Genesis HO ATHG19348 DCC Ready EMD F7A/F7B Locomotives Santa Fe SF Freight #339L/#348A

Detailed Information

ATSF FEATURE:

• Can style antenna, A units
• Clear and emergency red gyralights on upper headlight, flash on A units
• Inertial air filter
• Cut skirts
• Rear red marker lights

ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:

• #339L:
• 48” D/B fan
• S3L horn
• Late horizontal style carbody louvers
• #348A:
• 48” D/B fan
• Late horizontal style carbody louvers

LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

• All units are powered
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Factory installed SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound and DCC decoder
• Tsunami sounds are compatible with both DCC and DC operation**
• Genesis driveline with balanced five pole skew wound motor and dual flywheels
• Directional constant lighting-featuring LEDs; headlight brightness remains constant
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Separately applied photo etched metal and injection molded detail parts:
• Cab interior • Coupler cut levers • MU and Trainline hoses • Windshield wipers • Lift rings • Wire grab irons • Sander lines
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
• Body mounted McHenry scale knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Detailed Blomberg-B trucks with prototype-specific wheel bearings
• Replacement parts available
• Minimum radius: 18”

**Lombard Hobbies Recommendation - As modelers ourselves we highly recommend ONLY running DCC on DCC systems and DC on DC systems, regardless of 'Dual-Mode' capability. This gives optimum performance and safeguards the unit from possible damage from running on a different system than originally intended and from any inexperienced operator errors.

PROTOTYPE INFO:
EMD F-units were a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division. Final assembly for all F-units was at the GM-EMD plant at La Grange, Illinois and the GMDD plant in London, Ontario, Canada. They were sold to railroads throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Structurally, the locomotive was a carbody unit, with the body as the main load-bearing structure, designed like a bridge truss and covered with cosmetic panels. The so-called bulldog nose was a distinguishing feature of the locomotive’s appearance, and made a lasting impression in the mind of the traveling public.

The F-units were the most successful ‘first generation’ road diesel locomotives in North America, and were largely responsible for superseding steam locomotives in road freight service. Before this, diesel units were mostly only built as switcher locomotives, and only used in rail yards.

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