PCM #575 HO Scale UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4, 4023, 1944, Tender 25-C-400, with LokSound/DCC

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Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4023 - PCM #575 HO Scale

PCM #575 HO Scale UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4, 4023, 1944, Tender 25-C-400, with LokSound/DCC

Precision Craft Models #575, HO Scale Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy with LokSound

Features: * Beautifully Detailed, Accurately Modeled Locomotive and Tender Body * Authentic Design, Paint and Color Schemes * Authentic Sounds with Articulated Chuff (Sound Equipped Units Only) and Prototypical Operation * Many Separately Applied Details Including Brass Bell / Rails * Detailed Backhead * Operating Cab-roof Vents * Constant Intensity Directional Lighting * Lighted Number Boards * Factory Installed Painted Fireman and Engineer Figures * Smoke Cover, Separately Packaged * Fan Driven Smoke Unit with User Controlled On/Off * Heavy Weight Pulling Power with Metal Wheel Tire (no traction tires) * Locomotive Composition: Die Cast Metal * Tender Composition: Die Cast Metal * Locomotive Length: 12.3 in * Tender Length: 6.6 in * Total Coupler-to-Coupler Length: 18.6 in * Motor type: 5-Pole Can with Skewed Armature & Dual Fly Wheels * Couplers: (1) Kadee Compatible, (1)Kadee #58 * Compatible Tracks: Code 70, 83, 100 Rail * Recommended Minimum Radius: 18 in "DCC & Sound Upgradeable" Units denoted as DCC & Sound Upgradeable are units that are not sound equipped and function only in DC. Modelers may choose to purchase an optional Sound & DCC upgrade kit, specifically tailored to the prototype which will add DCC and sound functionality. Upgrade kit works only for PCM models with PCM motherboards. Often called "The largest steam loco ever made," and certainly a contender for the "World's Most Famous Locomotive," the Big Boy was forged under some of the most strenuous demands ever placed on a locomotive. The UP Railroad needed a locomotive that could be used to pull a 3,600-ton train over Sherman Hill and the 1.14% grade from Ogden to Wasatch, Utah without the need for helpers. When the design specifications were complete, it was decided on the use of a "simple" articulated, high speed, 132-foot-long locomotive sporting sixteen 68" diameter drive wheels. What they created was the longest and among the heaviest, most powerful steam locomotive legends in the world. And had not the worker at ALCO chalked 'Big Boy' on the side of the smoke box of one of the 4-8-8-4's under construction, a name that immediately caught on, it is rumored that the name of the type would have been 'Wasatch,' for the mountains they were built to conquer." Quote from "Worlds Greatest Steam Locomotives" by Eugene L. Huddleston: "There were 25 locomotives fabricated in two different groups. Class 1 were locomotives #4000-4019 and Class 2 was numbered 4020-4024. The first Big Boy #4000 was delivered to Omaha, NE on September 5, 1941. UP's commitment to the Big Boy required them to replace the lighter rail and straighten out many miles of trackage for clearance as well as to resize elements of their service areas (such as turntable lengths, etc.) for the entire line these locos would run on." The Big Boys demonstrated fantastic strength and speed as they faced these challenges throughout their storied careers. With the total mileage on the Big Boy fleet being approximately 1,000,000 miles for each locomotive, one must say that they earned their reputation. Several examples remain in museums around the country but silently they sit as a visual echo to the thunder that once made them revered throughout the landscape that the Big Boys dominated. Is the Big Boy the most legendary locomotive in the US? The world? Perhaps the biggest thrill any model railroader can have is to witness for himself the majesty of a Big Boy rumbling over his layout. Watch the faces of your friends and family as she powers by. And the kids? Oh my!

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