Broadway Limited HO UP Big Boy
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Stealth (no sound), $749.99; with dual-mode Paragon4 sound decoder, $849.99
Era: 1941 to present (varies based on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174; 386-673-8900; broadway-limited.com
Broadway Limited HO UP Big Boy features:
- Back-electromotive-force decoder
- Built-in capacitor pack
- Factory-installed engineer and fireman figures
- Five-pole can motor with skew-wound armature
- Heavy, die-cast metal boiler, tender body, and chassis
- Numerous lighting features, including cab light, front number boxes, headlight, and reverse light
- Recommended minimum radius, 18”
- Road-number-specific details
- Rubber traction tires
- Separate, factory-applied details including air tanks, brass bell, handrails, ladders, number boards, and piping
- Separate whistle smoke feature
- Synchronized puffing smoke with chuff sound
Release date: Available now
Road names: Union Pacific (No. 4014 [modern day appearance with Positive Train Control details and “The Big Boy Tour” excursion appearance], No. 4019 [with experimental smoke deflectors], Nos. 4000, 4004, and 4012 [1941 appearance with as-delivered aftercooler and 25-C-100 coal tender], and Nos. 4021 and 4023 [1944 appearance with Wilson aftercooler and 25-C-400 coal tender]) and fantasy schemes (American Freedom Train, Great Northern, UP Forty-Niner, and U.S. Navy).
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