ScaleTrains Museum Quality HO SXT70086 DCC Ready Union Pacific GTEL 8500 Horsepower BIG BLOW Turbine UP #5

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ScaleTrains Museum Quality HO SXT70086 DCC Ready Union Pacific GTEL 8500 Horsepower BIG BLOW Turbine UP #5

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

Era: Dec 1958 to early 1960’s
Series 1 to 15, built Dec 1958
3-unit set: ‘A’, ‘B’, and Fuel Tender
Operated with FEFs, Challengers, and Big Boys
Premium leather-like presentation case with metal latches for safe storage
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Printing and lettering legible under magnification
Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
Minimum radius: 18” without water and electrical bus connections and tender truck safety chain detail attached
Recommended radius: 22”

‘A’ Control Unit

• Operating LED tricolor red, green, and white class lights**
• Operating LED cab interior light
• Operating LED control panel light
• Operating LED ground light on engineer’s side
• Operating LED rear walkway light
• Printed and LED lighted number boards
• Durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
• Without nose side grab irons
• Opening cab doors with separate door handles
• Detailed cab interior with separate control stand, floor, rear wall with water cooler, and seats
• Cab mounted lost wax brass cast Leslie S-5T-R air horn
• Cab roof heater box with grille on both sides
• Large see-through photo-etched metal side grilles
• H – H dynamic brake housing with etched-metal grilles
• Without air intake scoops
• As delivered etched-metal radiator grille
• Underbody frame rail with traction motor cable detail
• As delivered 2,500 gallon diesel fuel tank
• Auxiliary reservoirs mounted to underside of fuel tank
• Two air tanks with separate plumbing
• Rubber Multiple Unit MU and electrical bus connections between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ units
• Rubber water hoses between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ unit
• Factory-applied ladders, wire grab irons, coupler cut levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, trainline hoses with silver glad hands, lifting lugs, exhaust stack, bell, and sanding lines
• Highly detailed trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air pipes, and lost wax brass cast wheel slip indicators on left side frames
• SKF bearings on right side truck frames
• Chicago Pneumatic speed recorder mounted on right side second axle
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pickup
• Directional LED headlight

DCC & sound equipped locomotives feature:

• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts****
• ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with ‘Full Throttle’ feature
• Prime mover sound
• Curve squeal sound
• Frog clank sound
• Large oval speaker
• ESU-designed ‘PowerPack’ with two super capacitors***

DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives feature:

• Operable using a DC power pack****
• DCC-ready with 21-pin connector

“B” Turbine Unit

• Operating LED back-up light
• Sliding engine compartment side doors
• Detailed interior with turbine visible inside
• Spinning turbine fan blade visible inside exhaust
• ‘As delivered’ air inlet silencer and filter
• H – I dynamic brake housing with etched-metal grilles
• Inline air intake scoops
• Factory-applied ladders, wire grab irons, coupler cut levers, trainline hose, lifting lugs, and sanding lines
• Without rear MU connections
• Underbody frame rail
• Highly detailed trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air pipes and lost wax brass wheel slip indicators on left side frames
• SKF bearings on right side truck frames
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pickup

DCC & sound equipped locomotives feature:

• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts****
• ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with ‘Full Throttle’ feature
• Turbine sound
• Curve squeal sound
• Frog clank sound
• Large oval speaker
• ESU-designed ‘PowerPack’ with two super capacitors***

DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives feature:

• Operable using a DC power pack
• DCC-ready with 21-pin connector

24C Fuel Tender

• 24,000-gallon capacity
• Welded seams
• Insulated body
• Commonwealth 6-axle trucks
• Truck chains
• Factory-applied air tank, brake cylinder, and control valve
• Factory-applied multiple unit MU hoses with silver gladhands
• Photo-etched metal tender deck walkway
• Operating LED rear tender light

* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC

** During DC operation, class lights illuminate in white. Access to other colors and the ability to change colors requires an ESU DCC decoder while operating in DCC

*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC

****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

History

• Record setting horsepower
• Massive measurements – 3-unit set spans over 180 ft in length
• Screaming jet engine

These are the hallmarks of the Union Pacific Railroad’s unique GTEL 8500 Horsepower Turbine locomotives. Often called Big Blows because of their deafening noise, they roamed the less populated landscape between Council Bluffs, IA and Ogden, UT. 30 three unit sets were built between 1958 and 1961 and all were retired by the early 1970s.

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