Athearn Genesis HO ATHG41083 DCC Ready GE U50 Locomotive Santa Fe SF #1657

ATSF FEATURES:

• Beacon (Flash function in DCC only)**
• Classification lights (Function in DCC only)**
• Working Truck lights
• Number board lights
• Separate see-through air intake grills
• MU hoses

Our Legendary Liveries series seeks to explore the “what if” questions that some folks like to indulge in. Like many other railroads in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s Santa Fe was looking to push the envelope in locomotive horsepower by purchasing engines like EMD’s 2400-horsepower SD24, Alco’s 2400-horsepower RSD-15 and GE’s new groundbreaking 2500-horsepower U25B in 1962. Might they have joined their western counterparts UP and SP and taken a gamble on the U50 too? We think that it looks sharp in Santa Fe’s dress blues.

U50 SERIES LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

• Illuminated truck lights
• Illuminated classification lights
• Illuminated number boards
• See-through air intakes
• 4-cube speakers
• Minimum radius: 18” — Recommended radius: 22”

GENESIS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:

• Coupler cut levers
• MU hoses
• Trainline hose
• See-through cab windows
• Full cab interior
• Walkway tread
• Windshield wipers
• Wire grab irons
• DCC-ready features Quick Plug plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector**
• Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
• 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
• LED Lighting for trouble free operation
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• Packaging securely holds the model for safe storage

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:**

• Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound**
• Four cube speakers for optimal sound quality
• Sound units operate in both DC and DCC**
• Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode**
• Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC**
• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode**
• Precision slow speed control
• Program a multiple unit (MU) lash up with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
• Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
• CV chart included in the box