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Kato N 176-2303 DCC Ready EMD FP7A Milwaukee Road 'Post 1955 Armour Yellow' MILW #96C
Stock: 6
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SKU: KAT1762303
Kato N 176-2303 DCC Ready EMD FP7A Milwaukee Road 'Post 1955 Armour Yellow' MILW #96C
Features:
- Totally new FP7 mechanism to reflect the prototypical appearance of the Milwaukee equipment
- DCC Compatible with ESU 58941 LokSound 5 Micro DCC Direct Kato USA Widebody**,sold separately.
**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 Information:
In 1955, the Milwaukee Road announced that they would operate Union Pacific streamliners between Chicago and Omaha. This meant that the Hiawatha would be painted in Union Pacific’s Armour Yellow colors. In 1956, the line was officially “partnered with Union Pacific” as they navigated the next couple years competing with both airline and automobile travel. The Hiawatha train wore the UP colors into the sunset as The Afternoon Hiawatha ran up until January 23, 1970. The next year, The Morning Hiawatha service was also discontinued and replaced by Amtrak lines.
For the Olympian Hiawatha release, Kato will be making a new FP7A locomotive and a new tooled version of the F7B featuring a winterization hatch (a necessity for trips through the northern US and across the Rockies!)
Equip your Hiawatha train with all new uniquely tooled cars using the link below, sold separately:
Expand your locomotive consist to an A-B-A consist with the addition of the EMD FP7A-F7B Set Milwaukee Road 'Post 1955 Armour Yellow' MILW #96A / 96B using the link below, sold separately:
Lombard Hobbies = Big Inventory ∙ Value Pricing ∙ Fast Shipping ∙ Great Service
Kato N 176-2303 DCC Ready EMD FP7A Milwaukee Road 'Post 1955 Armour Yellow' MILW #96C
Features:
- Totally new FP7 mechanism to reflect the prototypical appearance of the Milwaukee equipment
- DCC Compatible with ESU 58941 LokSound 5 Micro DCC Direct Kato USA Widebody**,sold separately.
**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 Information:
In 1955, the Milwaukee Road announced that they would operate Union Pacific streamliners between Chicago and Omaha. This meant that the Hiawatha would be painted in Union Pacific’s Armour Yellow colors. In 1956, the line was officially “partnered with Union Pacific” as they navigated the next couple years competing with both airline and automobile travel. The Hiawatha train wore the UP colors into the sunset as The Afternoon Hiawatha ran up until January 23, 1970. The next year, The Morning Hiawatha service was also discontinued and replaced by Amtrak lines.
For the Olympian Hiawatha release, Kato will be making a new FP7A locomotive and a new tooled version of the F7B featuring a winterization hatch (a necessity for trips through the northern US and across the Rockies!)
Equip your Hiawatha train with all new uniquely tooled cars using the link below, sold separately:
Expand your locomotive consist to an A-B-A consist with the addition of the EMD FP7A-F7B Set Milwaukee Road 'Post 1955 Armour Yellow' MILW #96A / 96B using the link below, sold separately:
Lombard Hobbies = Big Inventory ∙ Value Pricing ∙ Fast Shipping ∙ Great Service
