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Athearn Roundhouse HO RND3314 DCC Ready EMD F7A Locomotive Southern Pacific SP #6238
Scale: HO
SKU: RND3314
Athearn Roundhouse HO RND3314 DCC Ready EMD F7A Locomotive Southern Pacific SP #6238
PROTOTYPE INFO:
The EMD F7 was a 1,500 horsepower Diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1949 and December 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD). Many F7s remained in service for decades, as railroads found them economical to operate and maintain.
The Santa Fe railroad operated an extensive amount of EMD F7 diesel locomotives, many painted in the famous “Warbonnet” livery made famous by the Santa Fe’s passenger service. Other famous roads which heavily utilized the F7 were the Southern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central, Great Northern, Wabash, and Milwaukee, among others.
Model Information:
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- New body tooling - Based on EMD F7A “Phase I Early”- one of the most common versions produced
- Revised frame with heavy die cast weight and provision for 21-pin DCC decoders**
- Revised body-to-chassis mounting simplifies disassembly and allows for easier kit-bashing into de- skirted versions
- New rear coupler mounting box with two mounting locations for close-coupling or easier running on tight- radius curves
- Flush-fitting cab, porthole, and rear window glass
- Improved All-wheel electrical pickup with two wires to each truck provides reliable current flow
- Single or dual headlight per prototype
- Separately-applied horns
- McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- 5-pole motor with precision-machined flywheels and multi- link drive train for trouble free operation
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
- Painted and printed for realistic decoration
- Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
- 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.
Lombard Hobbies = Big Inventory ∙ Value Pricing ∙ Fast Shipping ∙ Great Service
Athearn Roundhouse HO RND3314 DCC Ready EMD F7A Locomotive Southern Pacific SP #6238
PROTOTYPE INFO:
The EMD F7 was a 1,500 horsepower Diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1949 and December 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD). Many F7s remained in service for decades, as railroads found them economical to operate and maintain.
The Santa Fe railroad operated an extensive amount of EMD F7 diesel locomotives, many painted in the famous “Warbonnet” livery made famous by the Santa Fe’s passenger service. Other famous roads which heavily utilized the F7 were the Southern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central, Great Northern, Wabash, and Milwaukee, among others.
Model Information:
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- New body tooling - Based on EMD F7A “Phase I Early”- one of the most common versions produced
- Revised frame with heavy die cast weight and provision for 21-pin DCC decoders**
- Revised body-to-chassis mounting simplifies disassembly and allows for easier kit-bashing into de- skirted versions
- New rear coupler mounting box with two mounting locations for close-coupling or easier running on tight- radius curves
- Flush-fitting cab, porthole, and rear window glass
- Improved All-wheel electrical pickup with two wires to each truck provides reliable current flow
- Single or dual headlight per prototype
- Separately-applied horns
- McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- 5-pole motor with precision-machined flywheels and multi- link drive train for trouble free operation
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
- Painted and printed for realistic decoration
- Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
- 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.
Lombard Hobbies = Big Inventory ∙ Value Pricing ∙ Fast Shipping ∙ Great Service
