20-3000-1 O Scale Premier 4-6-6-4 Challenger A Steam Engine - 3 Rail For availability see 'Find it locally' tab $1,295.00Product InformationDescription4-6-6-4 Challenger A Steam Engine - 3 Rail Cab No. 3982 Features: Two Smoke Units, Pittman Motor, Proto Sound Pkg., Detailed Cab Interior, Operating Coil Wound Coupler, Constant Voltage Head Lamp, Lighted Marker Lights, Tender Back-Up Lights and Fire Boc Glow. First Die-Cast Articulated Steam Engine Roadname: Union PacificProduct Item Number: 20-3000-1Catalog: AB Spring 1994 - ChallengerProduct Line: PremierScale: O ScaleDelivery Status: Delivered JUN. 1994This product is compatible with all O Gauge 3-Rail track systems including those systems offered by Atlas and Gargraves and Lionel and Ross Custom Switches. OverviewIn the midst of the Great Depression, Union Pacific designed and asked ALCO to build the best high-speed simple articulated engines to grace American rails. The 4-6-6-4 Challenger first appeared on UP rails in 1936, and it was clear from the beginning that it could handle tremendous tonnage at high speeds. Although the Challenger was designed for fast freight work, the UP also used it for passenger service; the engine proved it could easily handle any task it was given. It was in a round-about way that Clinchfield took possession of their Challengers. Early in World War II, UP entered an order for several more Challengers. The War Production Board refused to let UP have the entire order and diverted six of the new Challengers on a lease program to the Rio Grande, which used the locomotives until the war's end. In 1947, eastern coal hauler the Clinchfield Railroad bought all six Challengers. They moved the Challengers east under their own power and put them to work pulling long coal trains. By 1953, though, steam locomotives were phased out and Clinchfield's Challengers were retired. M.T.H. is proud to bring the Challenger back to the MTH Line-up for the first time since 1993 in the classic markings of the Union. This model of a classic American prototype will look right at home on any O-72 or larger pike. Pull-out fact: The UP apparently expected to get the remaining six Challengers they had ordered after the war, but the U.S. government, who owned them, stored them in Salt Lake City until striking the deal that sold them to Clinchfield. Features- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - 1:48 Scale Proportions - Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Authentic Paint Scheme - Metal Wheels and Axles - Constant Voltage Headlight - Die-Cast Truck Sides - Precision Pittmanr Flywheel Equipped Motor - Locomotive Speed Control - Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Operating Firebox Glow - Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell - Decorative Metal Whistle - Operating Marker Lights - Lighted Cab Interior - Operating ProtoSmoker System - Operating Tender Back-up Light Find It LocallyThis product may not have shipped yet or is completely sold out. Click on the show button to see who might have it on order. Support