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Scaletrains Museum Quality HO Scale w/Sound/DCC – Union Pacific GTEL 8500 Horsepower “Big Blow” Turbine #30 – SXT70013

SKU SXT70013 Category
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

  • Era: Mid 1960s to early 1970s
  • Series 1 to 30, built 6/61
  • Road number 30
  • 3-unit set: “A”, “B”, and Fuel Tender
  • Premium leather-like presentation case with metal latches for safe storage
  • Fully-assembled
  • Multiple road numbers available
  • Printing and lettering legible under magnification
  • Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
  • Minimum radius: 18” without water and electrical bus connections and tender truck safety chain detail attached
  • Recommended radius: 22”

“A” Control Unit

  • Without “Union Pacific” lettering on the nose
  • Operating LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) class lights**
  • Operating LED-lit cab interior light
  • Operating LED-lit control panel
  • Operating LED-lit ground light on engineer’s side
  • Operating LED-lit rear walkway light
  • Printed and LED lighted number boards
  • With nose side grab irons
  • Opening cab doors with separate door handles
  • Detailed cab interior with separate control stand, floor, rear wall with water cooler, and seats
  • Radiator mounted lost wax brass Leslie S-5T-R air horn mounted on clearance bracket
  • Cab roof heater box with grille on right side only
  • Square base whip antenna
  • Large see-through photo-etched metal side grilles
  • H – I dynamic brake housing with etched-metal grilles
  • With air intake scoops
  • Modified radiator with all-weather shutter
  • Underbody frame rail with traction motor cable detail
  • As delivered 2,500 Gallon diesel fuel tank with extended retrofit
  • Air tanks with separate plumbing
  • Rubber Multiple Unit (MU) and electrical bus connections between the “A” and “B” units
  • Rubber water hoses between the “A” and “B” unit
  • Durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
  • Factory-applied ladders, wire grab irons, coupler cut levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, trainline hose, lifting lugs, exhaust stack, bell, and sanding lines
  • Highly detailed trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air pipes and lost wax brass wheel slip indicators on left side frames
  • Mixed SKF and Timken bearings on right side truck frames
  • Chicago Pneumatic speed recorder on second axle right side
  • Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
  • Dual flywheels
  • All-wheel drive
  • All-wheel electrical pickup
  • Directional LED headlight
  • DCC & sound equipped locomotives feature:
    • Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
    • ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” feature
    • Prime mover sound
    • Curve squeal sound
    • Frog clank sound
    • Large oval speaker
    • ESU designed “PowerPack” withtwosuper capacitors***
  • DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives feature:
    • Operable using a DC power pack
    • DCC-ready with 21-pin connector

“B” Turbine Unit

  • Operating LED-lit back-up light
  • Sliding engine compartment side doors
  • Detailed interior with turbine visible inside
  • Spinning turbine fan blade visible inside exhaust
  • Unique large intake housing with two long pipes
  • I – I dynamic brake housing with etched-metal grilles
  • No air intake scoops
  • Blanked door panels
  • With rear MU connections
  • Factory-applied ladders, wire grab irons, coupler cut levers, trainline hose, lifting lugs, and sanding lines
  • Underbody frame rail
  • Highly detailed trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air pipes and lost wax brass wheel slip indicators on left side frames
  • Mixed SKF and Timken bearings on right side truck frames
  • Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
  • Dual flywheels
  • All-wheel drive
  • All-wheel electrical pickup
  • DCC & sound equipped locomotives feature:
    • Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
    • ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” feature
    • Turbine sound
    • Curve squeal sound
    • Frog clank sound
    • Large oval speaker
    • ESU designed “PowerPack” withtwosuper capacitors***

24C Fuel Tender

  • 24,000-gallon capacity
  • Welded seams
  • Insulated
  • Commonwealth 6-axle trucks
  • Truck chains
  • Factory-applied air tank, brake cylinder, and control valve
  • Factory-applied multiple unit (MU) hoses
  • Photo-etched metal tender deck walkway
  • Operating LED-lit rear tender light

* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC

** During DC operation, class lights illuminate in white. Access to other colors and the ability to change colors requires an ESU DCC decoder while operating in DCC

*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC

Part Number: SXT70013
Manufacturer: Scaletrains
Scale: HO

$839.99

: $1,049.99

Quantity Available: 1

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