70-3015-0 G Gauge RailKing One Gauge 4-6-6-4 Challenger Steam Engine For availability see 'Find it locally' tab $1,099.95Product InformationDescription4-6-6-4 Challenger Steam Engine - Northern Pacific Cab No. 5148 Roadname: Northern PacificProduct Item Number: 70-3015-0Catalog: BN 2004 RK1 Gauge Volume 1Product Line: RailKing One GaugeScale: G GaugeDelivery Status: Delivered DEC. 2004This product is compatible with all G Gauge track systems including those systems offered by Artisto Craft and LGB and Marklin and Piko. 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 reintroduce the Challenger in the markings of five railroads in the 2004 RailKing One-Gauge line. This model of a classic American prototype will look right at home in virtually any garden setting, due to the prototype's use across the span of the United States. 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- Detailed Polycarbonate Boiler and Tender Body - Authentic Paint Scheme - Metal Wheels and Axles - Operating Knuckle Coupler - Lighted Number Boards - Interchangeable Hook & Loop Coupler - Constant Voltage Locomotive Headlight - (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Operating Firebox Glow - Operating Ashpan Flicker - Metal Handrails and Decorative Whistle - Operating ProtoSmoker System - Operating Tender Back-up Light - Indoor/Outdoor Use - 1:32 Scale Proportions - Unit Measures:50" x 4 1/8" x 6" - Operates On R3 Curves 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