Bachmann HO Scale GP40 Locomotive - Alaska Railroad

An EMD GP40 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. Power was provided by an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine which generated 3000 horsepower (2.2 MW).

1,187 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 16 were built for Canadian railroads, and 18 were built for Mexican railroads. Various passenger versions were also built.

In 1972, the GP40 was discontinued and replaced by the GP40-2, which had an improved electrical system and a few minor exterior cosmetic changes.

The Alaska Railroad (reporting mark ARR) is a Class II railroad which extends from Seward and Whittier, in the south of the state of Alaska, in the United States, to Fairbanks (passing through Anchorage), and beyond to Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright in the interior of that state. Uniquely, it carries both freight and passengers throughout its system, including Denali National Park (most other intercity passenger rail in the U.S.A. is carried on the Federal Amtrak system). The railroad has a mainline over 470 miles (760 km) long and is well over 500 miles (800 km) including branch lines and sidings. It is currently owned by the State of Alaska. The railroad is connected to the lower 48 via three rail barges that sail between the Port of Whittier and Harbor Island in Seattle (the Alaska Railroad-owned Alaska Rail Marine, from Whittier to Seattle, and the CN Rail-owned Aqua Train, from Whittier to Prince Rupert, British Columbia) but does not currently have a fixed land connection with any other railroad lines on the North American network. In 2008, the company earned a profit of $12.5 million (down 23%) on revenues of $158.7 million (up 6.9%), $121.7 million of which was operating revenue (up 5.2%).

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Bachmann HO Scale Royal Gorge Electric Train Set - Rio Grande

Bachmann Trains Royal Gorge Ready-to-Run HO Train Scale Train Set

Product Features

Powered F7-A and F7-B locomotive
Smooth side coach and Full-dome passenger car
63" x 45" oval of snap-fit E-Z Track
Power pack and speed controller
Illustrated instruction manual

From the Manufacturer

Colorado's oldest scenic line combines rich history, spectacular views and stylish accommodations into a train that takes you on a 24-mile journey through the 1,000 Feet deep Royal Gorge. Passengers travel alongside the Arkansas River on a ribbon of rail for an up-close nature show deep in the canyon, observing bald eagles, blue heron, bighorn sheep, mule deer, and flora native to the gorge.

The Royal Gorge Route Railroad is a heritage railroad located in Cañon City, Colorado.

The railroad transits the Royal Gorge on a 2-hour scenic and historic train ride through the Royal Gorge on what is considered to be the most famous portion of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The 1950s-era train departs the Santa Fe depot in Canon City daily.

In the late 1870s miners descended on the upper Arkansas River valley of Colorado in search of carbonate ores rich in lead and silver. The feverish mining activity in what would become the Leadville district attracted the attention of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, each already having tracks in the Arkansas valley. The Santa Fe was at Pueblo and the D&RGW near Canon City, Colorado, some 35 miles west. Leadville was over 100 miles away. For two railroads to occupy a river valley ordinarily was not a problem, but west of Canon City was an incredible obstacle - an obstacle that would result in a war between the railroads in the race to the new bonanza.

West of Canon City the Arkansas River cuts through a high plateau of igneous rocks forming a spectacular steep-walled gorge over a thousand feet deep. At its narrowest point shear walls on both sides plunge into the river creating an impassible barrier. On April 19, 1878, a hastily assembled construction crew from the Santa Fe began grading for a railroad just west of Canon City in the mouth of the gorge. The D&RG whose end of track was only ¾ of a mile from Canon City raced crews to the same area, but were blocked by the Santa Fe graders in the narrow canyon. By a few hours they had lost the first round in what became a two-year struggle between the two railroads that would be known as the Royal Gorge War.

The D&RG crews tried leapfrogging the Santa Fe grading crews, but were met with court injunctions from the Santa Fe in the contest for the right-of-way. The D&RG built several stone "forts" (such as Fort DeRemer at Texas Creek) upstream in an attempt to block the Santa Fe. Grading crews were harassed by rocks rolled down on them, tools thrown in the river and other acts of sabotage. Both sides hired armed guards for their crews. Rifles and pistols accompanied picks and shovels as tools. The railroads went to court with each trying to establish their primacy to the right of way. After a long legal battle that ended in the U.S. Supreme Court, on April 21, 1879, the D&RG was granted the primary right to build through the gorge that in places was wide enough at best for only one railroad.

The Santa Fe resorted to its larger corporate power and announced it would build tracks parallel to and in competition with the existing D&RG lines. The bondholders of the D&RGW, fearing financial ruin from this threat, pressured the management of the D&RGW to lease the existing railroad to the Santa Fe for a 30-year period. This created a short-lived truce in the struggle. The Santa Fe soon manipulated freight rates south of Denver to favor shippers from Kansas City (over its lines to the east) to the detriment of Denver merchants and traffic over the leased D&RGW lines. During this period the Santa Fe constructed the railroad through the gorge itself. The D&RGW, however, continued construction in areas west of the gorge still trying to block the Santa Fe.

After months of shrinking earnings from their leased railroad, the D&RG management went to court to break the lease. An injunction from a local court restraining the Santa Fe from operating the D&RG on June 10, 1879, sparked an armed retaking of their railroad by D&RG crews - war in earnest in the old west. Trains were commandeered, depots and engine houses put under siege, bullets flew and a few men died. A final peace in the war came after the intervention of the Federal courts, and the railroad "robber baron" Jay Gould who loaned the D&RG $400,000 and announced the intention to complete a rail line in competition to the Santa Fe from St. Louis to Pueblo.

On March 27, 1880, the two railroads signed what was called the Treaty of Boston which settled all litigation, and gave the D&RG back its railroad. The D&RG paid the Santa Fe $1.8 million for the railroad it had built in the gorge, the grading it had completed, materials on hand and interest. The Royal Gorge War was over. D&RGW construction resumed, and rails reached Leadville on July 20, 1880. Passenger train service began in 1880 and continued through 1967. Rio Grande continued freight service through the gorge as part of their Tennessee Pass subdivision until 1989, when the company merged with the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Southern Pacific name took control of the gorge line. In 1996, the combined company was merged into the systems of the Union Pacific Railroad. The year after Union Pacific purchased Southern Pacific and Rio Grande, the railroad closed the Tennessee Pass line, silencing the tracks in the gorge.

In 1998, the Union Pacific Railroad was persuaded to sell the 12 miles of track through the Royal Gorge in an effort to preserve this scenic route. Two new corporations, the Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad (CC&RG) and Rock & Rail, Inc. (R&R), joined together to form Royal Gorge Express, LLC (RGX) to purchase the line. Passenger service on the new Royal Gorge Route Railroad began in May 1999. Train movements are still controlled by the Union Pacific’s Harriman Dispatching Center in Omaha, Nebraska.Except for this section of track, the Tennessee Pass line has been dormant.

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Bachmann O Scale Dual FA1/FA1 Locomotives - Rock Island

Bachmann O Scale Dual FA1/FA1 Locomotives - Rock Island

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and GE in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead (A unit) FA and cabless booster (B unit) FB models were built. A dual passenger-freight version, the FPA/FPB, was also offered. It was equipped with a steam generator for heating passenger cars.

Externally, the FA and FB models looked very similar to the ALCO PA models produced in the same period. Both the FA and PA models were styled by GE's Ray Patten. They shared many of the same characteristics both aesthetically and mechanically. It was the locomotive's mechanical qualities (the ALCO 244 V-12 prime mover) and newer locomotive models from both General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and General Electric (the partnership with ALCO was dissolved in 1953) that ultimately led to the retirement of the locomotive model from revenue service. Several examples of FAs and FBs have been preserved in railroad museums, a few of them in operational status on such lines as the Grand Canyon Railway and the Napa Valley Wine Train.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RR) (reporting marks RI, ROCK) was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.

Its ancestor, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company, was incorporated in Illinois on February 27, 1847, and an amended charter was approved on February 7, 1851, as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Construction began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River.

In Iowa, the C&RI's incorporators created (on February 5, 1853) the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company, to run from Davenport to Council Bluffs, and on November 20, 1855, the first train to operate in Iowa steamed from Davenport to Muscatine. The Mississippi river bridge between Rock Island and Davenport was completed on April 22, 1856.

In 1857, Abraham Lincoln represented the Rock Island in an important lawsuit regarding bridges over navigable rivers. The suit had been brought by the owner of a steamboat which was destroyed by fire after running into the Mississippi river bridge. Lincoln argued that not only was the steamboat at fault in striking the bridge but that bridges across navigable rivers were to the advantage of the country.

M&M was acquired by the C&RI on July 9, 1866, to form the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. The railroad expanded through construction and acquisitions in the following decades.

The Rock Island stretched across Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. The easternmost reach of the system was Chicago, and the system also reached Memphis, Tennessee; west, it reached Denver, Colorado, and Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Southernmost reaches were to Galveston, Texas, and Eunice, Louisiana while in a northerly direction the Rock Island got as far as Minneapolis, Minnesota. Major lines included Minneapolis to Kansas City, Missouri, via Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri Meta, Missouri, to Santa Rosa via Kansas City; Herington, Kansas, to Galveston, Texas, via Fort Worth, Texas, and Dallas, Texas; and Santa Rosa to Memphis. The heaviest traffic was on the Chicago-to-Rock Island and Rock Island-to-Muscatine lines.

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Bachman HO Scale GP40 Locomotive With Dummy And Caboose - Santa Fe

Bachman HO Scale EMD GP40 Locomotive, Dummy and Caboose - Santa Fe

Product Description

This Santa Fe EMD GP40 Dual Locomotive Set is an HO Scale Model from Bachmann®. Suitable for Ages 8 & Older. FEATURES: Fully assembled with added weight for extra pulling power! The operating diesel locomotive is equipped with a precision can motor, 8-wheel worm gear drive and directional lighting. Each locomotive has a die cast chassis. Separate bearings. Blackened metal RP25 wheels. Body-mounted E-Z Mate® magnetic knuckle couplers. Separately applied handrails. Accurately molded GP40 plastic body shells prototypically painted blue and yellow with crisp pad printing: - Powered: 3518, Santa Fe, logo - Unpowered: 3514, Santa Fe, logo Accurately molded caboose body shell prototypically painted red with crisp yellow print: Santa Fe logo, ATSF 999628. INCLUDES: (1) Powered GP40 (1) Dummy GP40 (1) Caboose SPECS: Scale: HO 1:87 kr9/11/06

An EMD GP40 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. Power was provided by an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine which generated 3000 horsepower (2.2 MW).

1,187 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 16 were built for Canadian railroads, and 18 were built for Mexican railroads. Various passenger versions were also built.

In 1972, the GP40 was discontinued and replaced by the GP40-2, which had an improved electrical system and a few minor exterior cosmetic changes.

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Bachmann G Scale Electric Train Set - Durango & Silverton

Bachmann G Scale Ready To Run Electric Train Set - Durango & Silverton

Product Features

4-6-0 steam locomotive with operating headlight smoke and speed-synchronized sound
Reefer car and bobber caboose
8'2" x 4'3" oval of track
Power pack and speed controller
Illustrated Bach Man instruction manual and DVD format video instructions

From the Manufacturer

After founding the town of Durango, Colorado in 1880, then Denver and Rio Grande Railway began construction of a rail line the following year that connected their new community to nearby Silverton. Designed primarily to haul gold and silver from the San Juan Mountains, it is estimated that more than $300 million in precious metals have traveled the line throughout its history.

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) is a narrow gauge heritage railroad in the U.S. State of Colorado that operates over the 45 miles (72 km) of 36-inch (914 mm) track between Durango in La Plata County and Silverton in San Juan County. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and is also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

The trackage was originally built between 1881 and 1882, by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in order to carry silver and gold ore mined in the San Juan Mountains. The line was an extension of the D&RG narrow gauge from Antonito, Colorado to Durango. The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad operates the line from Antonito to Chama, New Mexico. The line from Chama to Durango has been abandoned and removed. The line from Durango to Silverton, however, has run continuously since 1881, although it is now a tourist and heritage line hauling passengers, and is one of the few places in the United States which has seen continuous use of steam locomotives. In March 1981, the Denver & Rio Grande Western sold the line and the D&SNG was formed.

Some of the rolling stock dates back to the 1880s. The trains run from Durango to the Cascade Wye in the winter months and run from Durango to Silverton during the summer months.

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Bachmann N Scale 4-8-4 Northern Locomotive - Santa Fe

Bachmann N Scale Ready To Run 4-8-4 Northern Locomotive w/52' Tender - Santa Fe

Product Features

4-8-4 steam locomotive with operating headlight
52' tender

Product Description

Bachmann's N Scale Northern 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive and 52' Santa Fe Tender. / For train collectors age 8 and over. / / FEATURES: For use with all N scale equipment. / Northern 4-8-4 lighted steam locomotive. Motor w/worm and chassis / side frames. / Die cast motor cover and loco weight. / Locomotive is black w/A.T.& S.F. in white on the sides of the cab. / Chrome drive wheels and rods. / Black 52' tender w/Santa Fe 3780 in white on the sides, and traction / tires. / Locomotive has a lifetime limited warranty. / Bachmann quality since 1833. / Instruction sheet included. / Train pieces come embedded within a styrofoam tray, which slides into / a windowed cardboard box. / / INCLUDES: One Bachmann N Scale Norhtern 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive / One Bachmann N Scale 52' Santa Fe Tender / / REQUIRES: N Scale Train Track / Maintenance Equipment / Adult Supervision / / SPECS: Scale: N 1:160 / Locomotive Size- Tender Size- / Length: 5-1/4" (13.3cm) Length: 4" (10.1cm) / Width: 3/4" (1.9cm) Width: 3/4" (2cm) / Height: 1-1/4" (3.2cm) Height: 1" (2.5cm)

The 4-8-4 was first used by the Northern Pacific Railway and the type was thereafter named "Northern". Most railroads used this name, but a number adopted different titles, including Confederation (Canadian National), Golden State (Southern Pacific), Niagara (New York Central and NdeM), Pocono (DL&W), Wyoming (Lehigh Valley Railroad), Dixie (NC&StL), Big Apple (Central of Georgia Railway), Greenbrier (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway), Western (D&RGW), Potomac (Western Maryland Railway) while the RF&P gave each of its three classes a separate title: General, Governor and Statesman.

Although locomotives of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement were used in a number of countries, those developed outside the Americas included various design features which set them apart from North American practice. The United States, Canada and Mexico were the home of the American 4-8-4, and scaled down examples of the type were exported by two American builders for metre gauge lines in Brazil.

The Northern type evolved in the United States soon after the Lima Locomotive Works introduced the concept of “Lima Super Power” in 1925. The Northern Pacific Railway prototype was built by Alco in 1927 to Super Power principles, with a four-wheel trailing truck to carry the weight of a very large firebox designed to burn low quality lignite coal. But the potential of supporting a firebox with a 100-square-foot (9.3 m2) grate on a four-wheel trailing truck was quickly seen, as given the additional weight of approximately 15,000 lb (6.8 t) over the two-wheel truck, the four wheel truck could carry an additional 55,000 lb (25 t) engine weight. So the difference of 40,000 lb (18 t) was available for increased boiler capacity, or in other words, the power plant of the locomotive.

The Northern type came at a time when nearly all the important design improvements had been proven, such as the superheater, mechanical stoker, outside valve gear, the Delta trailing truck and the one-piece bed frame of cast steel with integral cylinders, which did so much to advance the application of roller bearings on locomotives since it gave the strength and rigidity to hold them in correct alignment. Indeed, in 1930 the Timken Company used a 4-8-4 with roller bearings an all axles, which they classified Timken 1111, to demonstrate the value of their roller bearings over nearly every main line in the United States. It was subsequently sold to the Northern Pacific Railway.

The stability of the 4-8-4 enabled it to be provided with driving wheels up to 80 inches (2.0 m) diameter for high speed passenger and fast freight operation, and with the latest lateral control devices, the type was flexible on curves. The increased boiler size possible with this type, together with the high axle loads permitted on main lines in North America, led to the design of some massive locomotives, with all up weights exceeding 350 tons.

The Northern type was purchased by 36 railroads in the Americas, including 31 railroads in the United States, three in Canada, one in Mexico and two in Brazil. In all, there were less than 1,200 engines[2] of this type, compared with approximately 2,500 Mountain types and 6,800 Pacific types built in the United States. By far the largest fleet was owned by the Canadian National Railway and its subsidiary the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, with 203 engines. Other major owners were the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with 85, the Southern Pacific Railroad with 74, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway with 65, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad with 56, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad with 53, and the Union Pacific Railroad with 45. The Pennsylvania Railroad did not own any 4-8-4 steam locomotives but, the Pennsy had an electric 4-8-4. This was the PRR R1 electric.

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Bachmann HO Scale Pacific Flyer Electric Train Set - Union Pacific

Bachmann Trains Pacific Flyer Ready-to-Run HO Scale Train Set - Union Pacific

Product Features

0-6-0 steam locomotive and tender with operating headlight
2 Freight cars and off-center caboose
36" circle of snap-fit E-Z Track
Power pack and speed controller
Illustrated instruction manual

From the Manufacturer

Assembly and breakdown of trains in the railway yard is tough work, but this 0-6-0 steam switcher is ready to get the job done. Assemble your consist, clear the yard and move your freight to its final destination with the Pacific Flyer.

Product Description

NEAT GIFT: Pacific Flyer HO - scale Electric Train Set by Bachmann. SAVE BIG! Realistic 0-6-0 steam-type locomotive Train Set is ready to roll with everything you need to get going. Body-mount E-Z mate couplers; 11-Pcs. of steel E-Z Track creates a 36" circle; Curved plug-in terminal / rerailer; Locomotive and tender (9 1/2 x 2"h.); Boxcar (6 x 2 1/4"h.); Gondola (6 x 1 1/4"h.); Steel off-center caboose (5 1/4 x 2 1/4"h.); Power pack with speed dial. 120V, 60 Hz., 24W. 40" track leads. 6 1/2' AC plug-in cord. Set weighs 5 lbs., 2 ozs. For engineers 14 and up. Order this great gift today! Bachmann Pacific Flyer HO-scale Train Set

The Union Pacific Railroad was incorporated on July 1, 1862 in the wake of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. Under the guidance of its dominant stockholder Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, the namesake of the city of Durant, Iowa, the first rails were laid in Omaha, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Railroad was joined together with the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869 hence creating the first transcontinental railroad in North America. Subsequently, UP took over three Mormon-built roads: the Utah Central Rail Road extending south from Ogden, Utah, to Salt Lake City, the Utah Southern Railroad extending south from Salt Lake City into the Utah Valley, and the Utah Northern Railroad extending north from Ogden into Idaho; and it built or absorbed local lines that gave it access to Denver and to Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest. It acquired the Kansas Pacific (originally called the Union Pacific, Eastern Division, though in essence a separate railroad). It also owned narrow gauge trackage into the heart of the Colorado Rockies and a standard gauge line south from Denver across New Mexico into Texas (both parts of the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway).

UP was entangled in the Crédit Mobilier scandal of 1872. Its early troubles led to bankruptcy during the 1870s, the result of which was reorganization of the Union Pacific Railroad as the Union Pacific Railway on January 24, 1880, with its dominant stockholder being Jay Gould. The new company also declared bankruptcy, in 1893, but emerged on July 1, 1897, reverting to the original name, Union Pacific Railroad. Such minor changes in corporate titles were a common result of reorganization after bankruptcy among American railroads. This period saw the UP sell off some of its holdings; the Union Pacific Railway, Central Branch became the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Southern Branch was acquired by the newly-incorporated Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad in 1870. However, the UP soon recovered, and was strong enough to take control of Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in 1901 and then was ordered in 1913 by the U.S. Supreme Court to surrender control of the same. UP also founded the Sun Valley resort in Idaho in 1936, the UP engineering department in Omaha designed the first ski chairlift that summer. The MP and MKT both came back into the UP fold in the 1980s. In 1996, UP finally acquired SP in a transaction envisioned nearly a century earlier.

The headquarters of UP has been in Omaha, Nebraska since its inception. Currently they are housed in the Union Pacific Center, completed in 2003. Other important UP facilities in Omaha have included the Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility and the Harriman Dispatch Center.

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Bachmann HO Scale Rail King Electric Train Set - Santa Fe

Bachmann Trains - Rail King - Ready-to-Run HO Scale Electric Train Set - Santa fe

Product Features

EMD GP40 diesel locomotive with operating headlight
3 Freight cars and off-center caboose plus 109 piece accessory set
47" x 38" oval of snap-fit E-Z Track
Power pack and speed controller
Illustrated instruction manual

From the Manufacturer

You will rule the rails with our impressive Rail King set. This 130-piece set will take your railroading empire to new heights, with miniature people and structures bringing the entire scene to life.

Product Description


You’ll rule the rails with the impressive Rail King set from Bachmann. This 130-piece set will take your railroading empire to new heights, with miniature people and structures bringing the entire scene to life.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859. Although the railway was named in part for the capital of New Mexico, its main line never reached there as the terrain made it too difficult to lay the necessary tracks (Santa Fe was ultimately served by a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico). The Santa Fe's first tracks reached the Kansas/Colorado state line in 1873, and connected to Pueblo, Colorado in 1876. In order to help fuel the railroad's profitability, the Santa Fe set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that the railroad was awarded by Congress; these new farms would create a demand for transportation (both freight and passenger service) that was offered by the Santa Fe.

Ever the innovator, Santa Fe was one of the pioneers in intermodal freight service, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway. A bus line allowed the company to extend passenger transportation service to areas not accessible by rail, and ferry boats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travellers to complete their westward journeys all the way to the Pacific Ocean. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996 when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.

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Bachman HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive - Rock Island

Bachmann HO Scale Ready To Run 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive w/Tender & Smoke, Rock Island #2121

Product Features

Features operating headlight and smoke
Extra smoke oil included

Product Description

This HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive and Tender / (Rock Island #2121) is by Bachmann Trains. / / FEATURES: Compatible with any HO scale electric track and equipment. / Working headlight on the locomotive. / Locomotive is painted black with a silver front boiler section and / gold bell and whistle. 2121 in white on each side. / Tender is painted black with the Rock Island logo in red and white. / Tender carries a realistic coal load. / Standard black plastic couplers. / Black and silver metal drive wheels on locomotive; black plastic / wheels on tender. / Working smoke unit with included smoke oil. / Operation manual provided. / Lifetime limited warranty on Bachmann locomotives. / / INCLUDES: One HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive and Tender (Rock Island). / / REQUIRES: HO Scale Train Equipment / / SPECS: Scale: HO 1:87 / Locomotive Size - Tender Size - / Length: 5-1/4" (133mm) Length: 4-1/4" (108mm) / Width: 1-3/8" (35mm) Width: 1-3/8" (35mm) / Height: 2" (51mm) Height: 1-5/8" (41mm) / sdw 6/13/02 / ir/kh

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RR) (reporting marks RI, ROCK) was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.

Its ancestor, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company, was incorporated in Illinois on February 27, 1847, and an amended charter was approved on February 7, 1851, as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Construction began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River.

In Iowa, the C&RI's incorporators created (on February 5, 1853) the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company, to run from Davenport to Council Bluffs, and on November 20, 1855, the first train to operate in Iowa steamed from Davenport to Muscatine. The Mississippi river bridge between Rock Island and Davenport was completed on April 22, 1856.

In 1857, Abraham Lincoln represented the Rock Island in an important lawsuit regarding bridges over navigable rivers. The suit had been brought by the owner of a steamboat which was destroyed by fire after running into the Mississippi river bridge. Lincoln argued that not only was the steamboat at fault in striking the bridge but that bridges across navigable rivers were to the advantage of the country.

The M&M was acquired by the C&RI on July 9, 1866, to form the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. The railroad expanded through construction and acquisitions in the following decades.

Other Rock Island Items In HO Scale: Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 Consolidation HO Scale Locomotive - Rock Island

Other 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotives In HO Scale: Bachmann HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive - Canadian National

Bachmann HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive - Canadian National

Bachmann HO Scale Ready To Run 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive w/Tender & Smoke, Canadian National #6012

Product Features

Features operating headlight and smoke
Extra smoke oil included

Product Description

This HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive and Tender / (Canadian National #6012) is by Bachmann Trains. / / FEATURES: Compatible with any HO scale electric track and equipment. / Working headlight on the locomotive. / Locomotive is painted black with a silver front boiler section and / gold bell and whistle. 6012 in gold on each side. / Tender is painted black with the Canadian National logo in red and / gold. / Tender carries a realistic coal load. / Standard black plastic couplers. / Black and silver metal drive wheels on locomotive; black plastic / wheels on tender. / Working smoke unit with included smoke oil. / Operation manual provided. / Lifetime limited warranty on Bachmann locomotives. / / INCLUDES: One HO Scale 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive and Tender (Canadian National). / REQUIRES: HO Scale Train Equipment / / SPECS: Scale: HO 1:87 / Locomotive Size - Tender Size - / Length: 5-1/4" (133mm) Length: 4-1/4" (108mm) / Width: 1-3/8" (35mm) Width: 1-3/8" (35mm) / Height: 2" (51mm) Height: 1-5/8" (41mm) / sdw 6/13/02 / ir/kh

In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-0 has a pair of leading wheels followed by six driving wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul.[1] In the United States, this type of locomotive was widely built from the early 1860s to the 1920s.

Although locomotives of this wheel arrangement were built as early as 1852, these first examples had their leading axles mounted directly and rigidly on the frame of the locomotive rather than on a separate truck or bogie. In these early 2-6-0s, the leading axle was merely used to distribute the weight of the locomotive over a larger number of wheels. It did not serve the same purpose as the leading trucks of the Americans or Ten-Wheelers that had been in use for at least a decade.

The first 2-6-0 with a rigidly mounted leading axle was the Pawnee, built for heavy freight service on the Philadelphia & Reading. In total, about 30 locomotives of this type were built for various railroads. While they were generally successful in slow, heavy freight service, the railroads that used them didn't see any great advantages in them over the 0-6-0 or 0-8-0 designs of the time. Essentially, this design was an 0-8-0 with the lead axle unpowered.

The first true 2-6-0 wasn't built until the early 1860s, the first few being built in 1860 for the Louisville & Nashville railroad. The design that we know today required the invention of a single-axle swivelling truck. Such a truck was first patented by Levi Bissell in 1858. The New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Company built their first 2-6-0 in 1861 as the Passaic for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The Erie Railroad followed in 1862 with the first large order of this locomotive type. In 1863, Rogers built what some cite as the first 2-6-0 built in the United States for the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company. It is likely that the locomotive class name Mogul derives from a locomotive built by Taunton in 1866 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey; that locomotive was named Mogul. However it has also been suggested that, in England, it derived from the engine of that name, built in 1879 by Neilson and Company for the Great Eastern Railway.

Canadian National Railroad News Items: Talks Between CN And Locomotive Engineers' Union In Canada Break Off With No Settlement / CN Receives Strike Notice From Union Representing Locomotive Engineers In Canada / CN To Implement Wage Increase And Milage Cap For It's Canadian Engineers / CN Reaches 20th Voluntary Mitigation Agreement (VMA), Makes Substantial Strides In EJ&E Integration

Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 J Class Northern Locomotive - Norfolk & Western

Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 Class J Locomotive w/Dog House on tender, Norfolk & Western / w extra water tank car #608

Product Features

DCC ready
Operating headlight
Separately applied detail parts
Alligator cross heads

Product Description

The Class J 4-8-4 was the last mainline steam locomotive to run in the United States. Designed for optimum speed, the “J” once reached 115 mph during a land speed test until a hesitant engineer closed the throttle.

The design of the Js was completely universal. They were equipped with 300 psi boilers, 70" drivers, and roller bearings on all wheels and rods. The 70" drivers and 300 psi boiler allowed for a higher tractive effort. When operating at maximum psi, the Js delivered 80,000 lbf of tractive effort-the most powerful for 4-8-4 wheel arrangement locomotive without a booster. The engineers designed the J class not to pull freight, but passengers, and at a high speed. The 70" drivers were very small for a locomotive that was to pull trains at over 100 mph. To overcome this, the wheelbase was made extremely rigid, lightweight rods were used, and the counterbalancing was extremely good. As delivered, the Js had duplex (two) connecting rods between the primary (second) and third drivers, but in the 1950s N&W's engineers apparently decided they could do without these and 611 and at least one other Class J were rebuilt with a single connecting rod. The negative effect of the J's highly engineered drivetrain was that it made the locomotives very picky about good trackwork. Her counterbalancing and precision mechanics were so state of the art that it is often said that the J's top speed is only limited by the nerves of the engineer. Judging by their performance in hauling a 10 car 1050 ton train at speeds in excess of 110mph over Pennsylvania Railroad's "racetrack", the Fort Wayne Division, while on loan, it is hard to argue that claim.

The Js were the pride of the N&W, pulling passenger trains such as "The Powhatan Arrow", "Pocahontas", and "Cavalier", as well as ferrying Southern Railway's "Tennessean" between Monroe, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee. While on test on the Pennsylvania Railroad, number 610 proved that a J could pull ten cars at 110 mph along a section of flat, straight track. Despite the power and speed capabilities the Js were among the most reliable engines, running as many as 15,000 miles per month, even on the mountainous and relatively short route of the N&W.

Other HO Scale Norfolk & Western Locomotives: Bachmann Spectrum HO Scale 4-8-2 Mountain Locomotive - Norfolk & Western / Broadway Limited HO Scale 2-6-6-4 Class A Locomotive - Norfolk & Western

Other HO Scale 4-8-4 Northern Locomotives: Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-4 Locomotive - American Freedom Train #4449 / Athearn HO Scale 4-8-4 Nothern "800" Locomotive - Union Pacific / Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-4 Locomotive - Southern Pacific (War Baby) / MTH HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-6 Locomotive - Western Pacific / Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern Locomotive - HO Scale - Santa Fe

Bachmann On30 Scale Electric Train Set - Rio Grande

Bachmann Trains Roaring Ridge Ready-to-Run On30 Scale Train Set

Product Features

2-6-0 steam locomotive with operating headlight and coal tender
3 Lighted passenger cars
56" x 38" oval of nickel silver E-Z Track
Power pack and speed controller

From the Manufacturer

Valleys echo with the sounds of pulsing steam and churning wheels as the mighty Roaring Ridge makes its ascent into the mountains.

DVD video with assembly instructions

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) was founded in 1870 by General William Jackson Palmer and his life long friend and partner Dr. William Bell as a narrow gauge railway system with the intention of connecting Denver with Mexico City. Narrow gauge was chosen because construction costs — and equally important, construction time — were lower than standard gauge. The route was to pass over Raton Pass in what is now northern New Mexico. Feverish, competitive construction provoked the 1877–1880 war over right of way with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Both rivals hired gunslingers and bought politicians. In June 1879, the Santa Fe defended its roundhouse in Pueblo with Dodge City toughs led by Bat Masterson; on that occasion, D&RG treasurer R. F. Weitbrec paid the defenders to leave. In the end, the Santa Fe won the right to Raton Pass, while the D&RG paid $1.4 million for tracks through the Arkansas River's Royal Gorge to the mining district of Leadville, Colorado. Subsequently, the D&RG focused on exploiting the lucrative mining service opportunities to the west.

The D&RG also pushed west from Walsenburg, Colorado over Veta Pass (now "Old La Veta Pass") by 1877. At the time the 'Uptop' depot on Veta Pass, rising over 9,500 feet (2,900 m) in elevation, boasted the highest elevation for a narrow gauge railroad. The railroad reached Alamosa by 1878. From Alamosa, a line was pushed south through Antonito eventually reaching Santa Fe, New Mexico (the Chili Line) and west as far as Creede, Colorado. A line containing one of the longest tangent tracks in U.S. railroading (52.82 miles) also linked Alamosa with Salida to the north. From Antonito a line was built over 10,015 feet (3,053 m) Cumbres Pass, along the Colorado-New Mexico border, reaching Durango, Colorado in August 1881 and continuing north to the rich mining areas around Silverton in July 1882. A line was also constructed in 1902 as a standard gauge line, perhaps in anticipation of possible standard gauging of the entire line, south from Durango, Colorado to Farmington, New Mexico. Originally hauling mainly agricultural products and serving as a deterent to the Santa Fe building up from the south, the line was converted to narrow gauge in 1926, and later delivered pipe and other construction materials to the local oil and natural gas industry into the 1960s.

Today, the Walsenburg-Alamosa-Antonito line survives as the standard gauge San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad, with passenger excursion trains service provided by the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. Two narrow gauge segments survive as steam railroads, the Antonito-Chama line as the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad and Durango-Silverton as the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

See Also: Lionel O Scale Electric Train Set - Rio Grande Flyer- Just In Time For Christmas! / Bachmann HO Scale 2-6-2 Prairie Locomotive - Rio Grande / Trainline EMD GP9 HO Scale Locomotive - Rio Grande

Bachmann G Scale Electric Train Set - North Pole Special

Bachmann Trains North Pole Special Ready-to-Run Large Scale Train Set

Product Features

4-6-0 steam locomotive with operating headlight smoke and speed-synchronized sound
3 Festive holiday cars
8'2" x 4'3" oval of track
Power pack and speed controller
Illustrated Bach Man instruction manual and DVD format video instructions

From the Manufacturer

The holidays just aren’t complete without a train under the tree, and making sure there is plenty of cheer for everyone is the North Pole Special. Our exclusively-named North Pole and Southern Railway magically transports its precious cargo of Christmas gifts around the world, delivering with them the happiness and hope the season brings.

Product Description

The holidays just aren’t complete without a train under the tree, and making sure there’s plenty of cheer for everyone is the North Pole Special. Bachmann's exclusively-named North Pole & Southern Railway magically transports its precious cargo of Christmas gifts around the world, delivering with them the happiness and hope the season brings.

Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-4 Locomotive - American Freedom Train #4449

Bachmann Trains HO Scale 4-8-4 Locomotive - 1976 American Freedom Train -Gs4 #4449

Product Features

DCC equipped for speed, direction and lighting
Dual mode NMRA decoder with 8-pin plug
Die-cast chassis and drive wheels
Can motor

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The GS4 was a streamlined 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works. The GS4 served on the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1941 to 1958. From August 1975 until December 1976 Southern Pacific GS4 4449 was painted in a patriotic red, white and blue scheme and along with several other steam locomotives pulled the American Freedom Train celebrating the American Bicentennial.
E-Z Mate Mark II couplers

Product Description

This 1976 American Freedom 4-8-4 GS4 Steam Locomotive (#4449) is a / DCC-Equipped HO Scale Model by Bachmann®. / Suitable for Ages 8 & Older. / / FEATURES: Equipped with DCC On Board® technology, which allows you to / digitally control the direction, speed, and lighting of this / locomotive using Bachmann's E-Z Command® Digital Command Control / System (BACU4402), or any NMRA-compliant DCC system / Equipped with a 28-speed step decoder / Operating headlight and backup light / Die cast chassis / Can motor / Metal side rods and wheels / E-Z Mate® Mark II couplers with metal coil springs / Wire railings and coupler cut levers / For use with all NMRA/NEM - compliant DCC systems / / INCLUDES: One 4-8-4 GS4 1976 American Freedom Locomotive & Tender / / SPECS: Scale: HO 1/87 / Overall Size - / Length: 15-5/8"" (398mm) / Width: 1-1/2"" (38mm) / Height: 2-1/2"" (64mm) / / tlw 12/5/07 / ir/jxs

The United States has seen two Freedom Trains. The 1947-49 Freedom Train was a special exhibit train that toured the United States in the later half of the 1940s. A similar train called the American Freedom Train toured the country for the United States Bicentennial celebration in 1975-76. Both trains were painted in special red, white and blue paint schemes, and both toured the 48 contiguous states with displays of Americana and related historical artifacts. The two trains took different routes around the 48 states, but they both stopped for public displays in each of them.

A second Freedom Train, The American Freedom Train, toured the country in 1975–1976 to commemorate the United States Bicentennial. This 26-car train was powered by three newly restored steam locomotives. The first to pull the train was former Reading Company 4-8-4 #2101. The second was former Southern Pacific 4449, a large 4-8-4 steam locomotive that is still operating in special excursion service today. The third was former Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 #610, which pulled the train in Texas.

Within the train's 10 display cars were over 500 precious treasures of Americana. Included in these diverse artifacts were George Washington's copy of the Constitution, the original Louisiana Purchase, Judy Garland's dress from The Wizard of Oz, Joe Frazier's boxing trunks, Martin Luther King's pulpit and robes, and even a rock from the moon.

Over a 21 month period from April 1, 1975 to December 31, 1976 more than 7 million Americans visited the train during its tour of all 48 contiguous states. Millions more stood trackside to see it go by.

The train's tour began April 1, 1975 in Wilmington, Delaware. The train then traveled northeast to New England, west through Pennsylvania, Ohio to Michigan, then around Lake Michigan to Illinois and Wisconsin. From the Midwest, the tour continued westward, zigzagging across the plains to Utah and then up to the Pacific Northwest. From Seattle, Washington, the tour then traveled south along the Pacific coast to southern California. The train and crew spent Christmas 1975 in Pomona, California, decorating the locomotive with a large profile of Santa Claus on the front of the smokebox above the front coupler. For 1976, the tour continued from southern California eastward through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, then turned north to visit Kansas and Missouri before traveling through the Gulf Coast states and then north again to Pennsylvania. The tour continued southeast to New Jersey then south along the Atlantic coast before finally ending December 26, 1976 in Miami, Florida. The last visitor went through the train December 31, 1976.

See Also: Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-4 Locomotive - Southern Pacific (War Baby) / MTH HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-6 Locomotive - Western Pacific

Bachmann HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-4 Locomotive - Southern Pacific (War Baby)

Bachmann HO Ready To Run 4-8-4 GS4 Locomotive w/DCC, Southern Pacific /Black & Silver (War Baby) #4459

Product Features

Operating headlight
DCC-equipped steam locomotive

In 1937 the Southern Pacific trumpeted a new train in full-page magazine ads:
Let us stand by the tracks of Southern Pacific's Coast Line, as thousands now do every day and listen… Suddenly from far off comes a musical note, rising. Round a curve flashes a streak of color. Here comes the Daylight, the most beautiful train in the West!

The Daylights linked Los Angeles and San Francisco "in a glorious daylight trip, streaking along the Pacific Ocean for more than a hundred breathless miles." Travelers were invited to "Step inside the Daylight and see the beauty and luxury that have already won the West. Notice the wide, soft seats in the coaches. They are cushioned with sponge rubber and turn to face the extraordinarily large windows." Presenting a glorious streak of orange and red from locomotive to observation car, the Daylights were a sharp departure from the SP's normal dark olive passenger cars.

Leading the trains were the Southern Pacific's class GS (for "Golden State") Northerns, arguably among the handsomest steam engines ever built. Constructed by Lima Locomotive Works, inventor of the super-power concept, the Daylight 4-8-4s had the combination of power and speed that characterized steam power at its zenith. Class GS-4 engines, delivered in 1941 and 1942, were among the last and best-looking of the breed, with tall 80" drivers and enclosed all-weather cabs. In addition to handling premier passenger trains, the Golden State 4-8-4s were regularly used in high-speed freight service on the San Francisco-Los Angeles Overnight.

Product Description

This Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 GS4 Post War Steam Locomotive (#4459) / is a DCC-Equipped HO Scale Model by Bachmann®. / Suitable for Ages 8 & Older. / / FEATURES: Equipped with DCC On Board® technology, which allows you to / digitally control the direction, speed, and lighting of this / locomotive using Bachmann's E-Z Command® Digital Command Control / System (BACU4402), or any NMRA/NEM-compliant DCC system / The decoder itself features the following: / * 2 and 4 digit addresses / * advanced consisting / * dimmable lighting / * settable acceleration, decleration, / starting speed, and much more! / 100% backwards-compatible with standard DC (non-digital) layouts / Equipped with a 28-speed step decoder / Main track programming / Operating headlight and backup light / Die cast chassis / Can motor / Metal side rods and wheels / E-Z Mate® Mark II couplers with metal coil springs / Wire railings and coupler cut levers / Accurately molded plastic body shell with a prototypical Post War / black paint and white print scheme: Southern Pacific, 4459. / Dummy plugs included. / / INCLUDES: (1) Locomotive & Tender / / SPECS: Scale: HO 1:87 / Overall Size - / Length: 15-5/8"" (398mm) / Width: 1-3/8"" (34mm) / Height: 2-1/2"" (64mm) / / jxs 8/16/07 / ir/jxs

Bachmann HO Scale 2-6-2 Prairie Locomotive - Rio Grande

Bachmann Trains Prairie 2-6-2 with Smoke and Tender - Rio Grande (Flying Grande)

Product Features

Operating headlight
Die-cast blackened chassis
Operating Walshaert valve gear
RP25 wheel contours

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

In the early 1900s 2-6-2 steam locomotives began to appear along railroad lines that ran through the farms and fields of the midwestern prairies. These engines became affectionately known as “Prairies”.

Product Description

This is a Prairie 2-6-2 Rio Grande Steam Engine & Tender from Bachmann® / Suitable for Ages 8 & Older / / FEATURES: Fully assembled, weighted and ready to run. / Powerful motor. / E-Z Mate® knuckle couplers. / Die cast chassis. / Operating headlight. / Fully painted die cast boiler. / Highly detailed cylinders. / Wire railings. / Realistically molded cowcatcher. / Highly detailed full size tender with realistically / molded load. / / INCLUDES: Prairie 2-6-2 Rio Grande Steam Engine & Tender, smoke oil and / instruction sheet / / SPECS: Scale: HO 1:87 / Overall Size - / Length: 5"" (127mm) / Width: 1-1/4"" (32mm) / Height: 2"" (51mm) / / jxs 12/03/07 / ir/jxs
E-Z Mate Mark II couplers

Bachmann 2-10-4 Texas HO Scale Locomotive - Santa Fe

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Bachmann 4-8-4 Northern Locomotive - HO Scale - Santa Fe

Bachmann Trains 4-8-4 Northern Santa Fe (1940-1950) 3781

Product Features

DCC equipped for speed, direction and lighting
Dual mode NMRA decoder with 8-pin plug
Die-cast chassis and drive wheels
Can motor

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The 4-8-4 wheel configuration was used on virtually every main line in North America for passenger and fast freight service. With drivers up to 80" and a four wheel trailing truck supporting a larger firebox for maximum steam levels the 4-8-4 Northern possessed superior riding and tracking capabilities. The first 4-8-4 was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1927 for the Northern Pacific Railroad and was referred to as a “Northern Pacific” which in time was shortened to “Northern”. Bachmann’s model represents a Santa Fe 3776 class locomotive built in 1941.

Product Description

== Key Features == / / * Operating headlight / * DCC-equipped steam locomotive / / == Specs == / / * DCC:Yes / * SOUND:No / * WHEEL CONFIGURATION:4-8-4 / * COUPLER STYLE:Knuckle / * RTR/KIT:Ready To Run
E-Z Mate Mark II couplers

Bachmann HO Scale FT Locomotive - Santa Fe

Bachmann Trains Ft-A Unit Santa Fe - Silver & Red
Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The EMD FT diesel-electric locomotive was produced between November 1939, and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. The FT was the first model in EMD's very successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesels, and was instrumental in convincing U.S. railroads that the diesel-electric freight diesel was the locomotive of the future.

Product Features

Eight wheel drive
LED headlight
Can motor
RP25 wheel contours
E-Z Mate Mark II couplers

Product Description

This EMD FT A-Unit Diesel Locomotive (Santa Fe) with 8 Wheel Drive was / Designed for Your HO Scale Layout by Bachmann Trains. / / FEATURES: Compatible with any HO scale electric track and equipment. / Lifetime limited warranty. / Electric powered locomotive. / Operating headlight. / Geared drive wheels. / 8 wheel drive. / Blackened metal wheels. / Die cast chassis. / Dual axled trucks with detailed sideframes. / E-Z Mate couplers (body mounted). / Plastic FT body shell painted red and silver (warbonnet scheme). / Molded-in vents, rivets, ladders, and doors. / Bulldog silhouette style nose. / Realistic dual air horns on roof. / Parts reference sheet. / INCLUDES: One HO Scale FT A-Unit Diesel Locomotive (Santa Fe) / / SPECS: Length: 6-7/8" (17.4cm) / Width: 1-3/8" (3.5cm) / Height: 2" (5.1cm) / Scale: HO 1:87 / kr6/29/01 / ir/jl

See Also: Walthers HO Scale F7 Locomotive - Santa Fe