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Milwaukee Road O Scale Premier 4-6-4 Hiawatha Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0

20-3688-1

List Price:
$1199.95

Roadname:
Milwaukee Road
Cab/Car Number:
100
Product Type:
Steam Locomotive
Product Line:
Premier
Delivery Status:
Delivered Sep. 2017

Overview

With the bold slogan "Nothing Faster on Rails," the Milwaukee Road inaugurated its Chicago-Twin Cities Hiawatha passenger service on May 29, 1935. Pressured by intense competition on the route between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul - including the Burlington's pioneering diesel Twin Zephyrs - the Milwaukee Road had turned to the American Locomotive Works to design the fastest steam locomotives of the day. The results did not disappoint.

The Hiawathas were initially headed by oil burning Alco 4-4-2 Atlantics created specifically for intense 100 mile per hour daily operations. The engines and their entire trains were renowned for their colorful, aerodynamic styling by industrial designer Otto Kuhler - who lamented, however, that "I did get disgusted every time an uninitiated person asked me, 'Is that a diesel?'" The Hiawathas seduced passengers with luxurious surroundings that included the Tip Top Tap Room, the first standup cocktail bar on American rails.

The popularity of the service soon mandated longer trains and larger locomotives. Enter the Kuhler-styled coal-burning F7 4-6-4 Hudsons turned out by Alco in 1938. Among the heaviest Hudsons ever built, the massive F7s outclassed the more-famous New York Central J-series Hudsons in almost every way: larger firebox, higher boiler pressure, taller drivers (84"), and more power at speed. Unlike the NYC Hudsons, however, the F7s were born just as their technology was dying. Within a decade, the F7s and their trains were replaced by diesel-powered Hiawathas magnificently styled by designer Brooks Stevens. Sadly, none of the steam-powered Hiawathas were preserved.

Fortunately, your O gauge railroad can recreate the sights and sounds of this legendary train. The Hiawatha Hudson features die-cast locomotive and tender construction and the latest M.T.H. features, including synchronized puffing Proto-Smoke and the incredible sounds and performance of Proto-Soundr 3.0.

Features

  • Intricately Detailed, Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis
  • Intricately Detailed, Die-Cast Tender Body
  • Authentic Paint Scheme
  • Real Tender Coal Load
  • Die-Cast Locomotive Trucks
  • Handpainted Engineer and Fireman Figures
  • Metal Handrails, Whiste and Bell
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Remote-Controlled Proto-Coupler
  • O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
  • Constant Voltage LED Headlight
  • Operating LED Firebox Glow
  • Operating LED Marker Lights
  • Lighted LED Cab Interior
  • Operating Tender LED Back-up Light
  • Powerful 5-Pole Precision Flywheel-Equipped Skew-Wound Motor
  • Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System
  • Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
  • Wireless Drawbar
  • Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder
  • 1:48 Scale Dimensions
  • Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Quillable Whistle With Passenger Station Proto-Effects
  • Unit Measures: 26 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 4
  • Operates On O-42 Curves Steam DCC Features
  • F0 Head/Tail light
  • F1 Bell
  • F2 Horn
  • F3 Start-up/Shut-down
  • F4 PFA
  • F5 Lights (except head/tail)
  • F6 Master Volume
  • F7 Front Coupler
  • F8 Rear Coupler
  • F9 Forward Signal
  • F10 Reverse Signal
  • F11 Grade Crossing
  • F12 Smoke On/Off
  • F13 Smoke Volume
  • F14 Idle Sequence 3
  • F15 Idle Sequence 2
  • F16 Idle Sequence 1
  • F17 Extended Start-up
  • F18 Extended Shut-down
  • F19 Labor Chuff
  • F20 Drift Chuff
  • F21 One Shot Doppler
  • F22 Coupler Slack
  • F23 Coupler Close
  • F24 Single Horn Blast
  • F25 Engine Sounds
  • F26 Brake Sounds
  • F27 Cab Chatter
  • F28 Feature Reset
  • Support

    Manual:
    Document
    Parts:
    Protosound:

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