MTH G 70-2176-1 - F-3 AA Diesel Set "Santa Fe" w/ PS3

• Road Name: Santa Fe
• Road Number: 21, 23
  
• Product Line: RailKing 1 Gauge
• Scale: G Scale

Features:

• Intricately Detailed Polycarbonate Body
• Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
• Moveable Roof Fans
• Metal Body Side Grilles
• (2) Engineer Cab Figures
• Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
• (2) Hook & Chain Coupler Assemblies
• Kadee Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
• (2) Remote Controlled Proto-Couplers
• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
• Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
• Lighted Cab Interior
• Illuminated Number Boards
• Lighted Marker Lights
• Operating MARS Light
• (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Skew-Wound Balanced Motors In Each A Unit
• AA Set Paired Together With Slave Harness - 2nd A Unit Cannot Be Operated Independently
• Operating Smoke Unit
• Onboard DCC Receiver
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• 1:32 Scale Proportions
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Passenger Station Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures: 39" x 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"
• Operates On R2 Curves 

• Headlight/Taillight
• Horn
• Bell
• Start-up/Shut-down
• Passenger Station/Freight Yard Announcements
• Lights (except head/tail)
• Master Volume
• Front Coupler
• Rear Coupler
• Forward Signal
• Reverse Signal
• Grade Crossing
• Idle Sequence 3
• Idle Sequence 2
• Idle Sequence 1
• Extended Start-up
• Extended Shut-down
• Rev Up
• Rev Down
• One Shot Doppler
• Coupler Slack
• Coupler Close
• Single Horn Blast
• Engine Sounds
• Brake Sounds
• Cab Chatter
• Feature Reset
• Smoke On/Off
• Smoke Volume

Overview:

From 1942-1945, Electro Motive Division's F-unit was the only road freight diesel built in America. While the War Production Board limited competitors Alco and Baldwin to diesel switcher and steam locomotive production during World War II, EMD's 1,350 hp FT became a runaway best-seller. By war's end, Electro Motive had a lead over its competitors that would last until they closed their doors.

With production restrictions lifted and the U.S. economy humming with pent-up demand, railroads clamored for new diesels to replace a steam fleet exhausted by wartime traffic. In July 1946, EMD introduced a new model F-unit, the F3. Horsepower was upgraded to 1,500 and lessons learned on the FT gave the F3 better reliability and lower maintenance. Under the hood throbbed an improved 567-series V-12 engine. With 567 inches of displacement per cylinder, this same engine would power virtually the entire first generation of EMD diesel locomotives.

The F3 hit the market in an era when almost every boy in America wanted toy trains for Christmas, and F3 models quickly became a hot topic in letters to Santa. Such was the desire of railroads for publicity that Lionel® convinced the Santa Fe, the New York Central, and EMD to share the tooling costs for its top-of-the line F3. Even today, half a century later, the Santa Fe F-unit remains an icon of railroading to the American public.

Relive the sights, sounds, and drama of postwar railroading with this four-motored, full-scale 1:32 model. Throttle down to speeds as low as 3 scale miles per hour with any load, or roll along at the prototype’s maximum speed of 102 mph with passenger gearing. Proto-Sound 3.0 offers authentic EMD 567 prime mover sounds, a first-generation diesel horn and bell, crew and station sounds, and adjustable smoke volume. The RailKing F-3 features the same level of superb detailing that characterizes our F-7, with added-on details that include legible builder’s plates, grab irons, multiple-unit hoses, rooftop lift rings, see-through rooftop fans, steam generator exhaust stack (for passenger car heating), windshield wipers, and trucks with separately-applied spring hangers, brake cylinders, and air pipes. As with the F-7, each A-unit is supplied with two sets of pilots: a fully-detailed pilot with narrow coupler opening for wide-radius curves, and a less-detailed pilot with wide coupler opening for operation on tighter curves.