Kato N 126-0403-LS-DMW FEF-3 Class 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive with DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Union Pacific 'Greyhound 2-Tone Gray Version' UP #8444

Kato N 126-0403-LS-DMW FEF-3 Class 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive with DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Union Pacific 'Greyhound 2-Tone Gray Version' UP #8444

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Kato N 126-0403-LS-DMW FEF-3 Class 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive with DCC/ESU LokSound V5 Union Pacific 'Greyhound 2-Tone Gray Version' UP #8444

The Union Pacific FEF ‘Four Eight Four’, is easily one of the most recognizable US steam prototypes still in operation today. The FEF-3 series of steam locomotives was delivered in 1944 and were the last, and some of the largest, steam locomotives delivered for use by the Union Pacific. Operated solely by the Union Pacific, the FEF's, sometimes referred to as ‘Northerns’, due to the Northern Pacific Railway being the first to build steam locomotives with the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, were intended primarily to be passenger locomotives but the UP's large fleet of available diesels meant that the FEF's were put to work in secondary passenger and fast freight service.

Today, FEF-3 #844, at some times during history also known as #8444 to avoid numbering conflictions with a diesel loco, survives to pull excursion trains as a publicity locomotive for the Union Pacific, and is one the UP's oldest operating locomotives.

Accompanying the ‘living legend’ FEF-3 is always at least one of a pair of Union Pacific water tenders, carrying spare water for the steam engine - Water filling stations being a rarity in the diesel era. These unique re-built cars have seen service as both Steam and Gas Turbine Electric fuel tenders before finally settling into their current form as part of UP's steam heritage fleet where they operate as separate but always-present cars.

FULLY LOADED by Duford Model Works exclusively for Lombard Hobbies:

Model Features:

• New coreless motor design with dual brass flywheels for silky-smooth performance at all speeds, even slow crawls.
• Special cross-braced shock absorbers equalize the pressure on the locomotive drivers to maximize traction.
• Illuminated headlight and locomotive numberboards. The FEF tender includes installed operational lights
  
• Exclusive DCC/ESU LokSound V5 model from Duford Models

**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.

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Who is Duford Model Works? Well, if you know him then nothing else need be said. If you don’t then you should know DMW is Kelley Duford, the past Kato employed master DCC/Sound specialist who up to his new employment with ScaleTrains in 2021, was the sole person responsible for installing thousands of custom DCC/Sound packages in ALL Kato engines both HO & N scales. No one knows Kato and DCC better...and no one brings better value to your train dollar than Lombard Hobbies. Get these unique, limited quantity custom installs while you can!