{"product_id":"mth-80-3209-1-ho-union-pacific-4-8-8-4-big-boy-4-0-16-with-ps-3-0","title":"MTH 80-3209-1 HO Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4-0-16 with PS 3.-0","description":"This is MTH 80-3209-1 HO UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4016\/3.0. 4-8-8-4 Big Boy (original) steam engine with Proto-Sound 3.0, Union Pacific. Cab number: 4016. Just months before Pearl Harbor, the American Locomotive Company delivered the first Big Boy to the Union Pacific Railroad. The UP's Department of Research and Mechanical Standards had designed the locomotive for a specific task: to pull a 3600-ton train unassisted over the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. While the Big Boy is often cited as the biggest steam locomotive ever built, in fact it is not. The Norfolk \u0026amp; Western's Y6 and A, the Duluth Missabe \u0026amp; Iron Range's Yellowstones, and the Chesapeake and Ohio's Alleghenys were all in the same league, and some exceeded the Big Boy's weight and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the battle for hearts and minds, the Big Boy won. Perhaps it was the name, simple and direct, scrawled on a locomotive under construction by an Alco shop worker. Maybe it was timing, as the Big Boys hit the road just when America needed symbols to rally around. Maybe the UP's publicity department just did a better job of telling the world what great equipment they had. Whatever the reason, the Big Boy captured the imagination of railfans and the American public over the ensuing years, perhaps more than any other steam engine. In many ways it is the symbolic locomotive of the American West, as big and powerful as the country it sped through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter Henry Comstock beautifully described the Big Boy's place at the apex of steam engine history: A Union Pacific 'Big Boy' was 604 tons and 19,000 cubic feet of steel and coal and water, poised upon 36 wheels spaced no wider apart than those of an automobile. That it could thunder safely over undulating and curved track at speeds in excess of 70 miles an hour was due in large measure to the efforts of two long-forgotten pioneers. As early as 1836, the basic system that held its wheels in equalized contact with the rails was patented by a Philadelphian named Joseph Harrison; and a French technical writer, Anatole Mallet, first thought to couple two driving units heel to toe below one boiler in 1874.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew for 2011 is the addition of an AC 3-Rail Marklin system version for those who prefer to run their HO locomotives under the Marklin operating system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts key features are:\u003cbr\u003eDie-cast boiler and tender body\u003cbr\u003eDie-cast metal chassis\u003cbr\u003eAuthentic paint scheme \u0026amp; cab numbers\u003cbr\u003eRP-25 metal wheels mounted on metal axles\u003cbr\u003eOperating lighted marker lights\u003cbr\u003eConstant voltage headlight\u003cbr\u003ePrototypical Rule 17 lighting\u003cbr\u003eDetailed truck sides\u003cbr\u003eDetailed cab interior\u003cbr\u003ePowerful balanced 12-volt 5-pole precision skewed flywheel equipped motor\u003cbr\u003eTwo Kadee compatible scale couplers\u003cbr\u003eMetal handrails and decorative bell\u003cbr\u003eDecorative metal whistle\u003cbr\u003eSprung drive wheels\u003cbr\u003eSynchronized puffing ProtoSmoker System\u003cbr\u003eLocomotive speed control in scale MPH increments\u003cbr\u003eLocomotive cab to tender deck plate\u003cbr\u003eEngineer and fireman figures\u003cbr\u003eDetailed tender undercarriage\u003cbr\u003eReal coal load\u003cbr\u003eInterchangeable traction tire-equipped drive wheels\u003cbr\u003eOn-board DCC receiver\u003cbr\u003eOperates on Code 70, 83, \u0026amp; 100 rail curves\u003cbr\u003eTwo scale operating Kadee couplers\u003cbr\u003eProto-Sound 3.0 with The Digital Command System Featuring: Quillable whistle with Freight Yard Proto-Effects\u003cbr\u003eUnit measures: 18 11\/16 x 1 9\/16 x 2 1\/4\u003cbr\u003eOperates on 18 radius curves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProto-Sound 3.0 equipped locomotives can be controlled in command mode with any DCC compliant command control system. While the user won't have access to all of the incredible features of Proto-Sound 3.0, independent control over the locomotive is possible. This means you can continue to use your existing DCC controller to independently control your other DCC equipped locomotives in addition to your Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive on the same track at the same time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen using a DCC controller, the following Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotive features are accessible:\u003cbr\u003e(F0) Headlight on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F1) Bell on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F2) Whistle\/Horn on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F3) Start-up\/Shut-down\u003cbr\u003e(F4) PFA initiate and advance\u003cbr\u003e(F5) Cab light on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F6) Engine sounds on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F7) Volume low, med, high, off\u003cbr\u003e(F8) Smoke on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F9) Forward signal sound\u003cbr\u003e(F10) Reverse signal sound\u003cbr\u003e(F11) Coupler slack sound\u003cbr\u003e(F12) Grade crossing\u003cbr\u003e(F13) One-shot Doppler on\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F14) Extended start up\u003cbr\u003e(F15) Extended shut down\u003cbr\u003e(F16) Labor chuff\u003cbr\u003e(F17) Drift chuff\u003cbr\u003e(F18) Smoke Volume low, med, high\u003cbr\u003e(F19) Single short whistle toot\u003cbr\u003e(F20) Coupler close\u003cbr\u003e(F21) Feature reset\u003cbr\u003e(F22) Idle sequence 1\u003cbr\u003e(F23) Idle sequence 2\u003cbr\u003e(F24) Idle sequence 3\u003cbr\u003e(F25) Idle sequence 4\u003cbr\u003e(F26) Brakes auto\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F27) Cab chatter auto\/off\u003cbr\u003e(F28) Clickety-clack auto\/off\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Factory New (\u003ca href=\"#\" title=\"C-9: All original; unused; factory rubs and evidence of handling, shipping and factory test run. Standards for all toy train related accessory items apply to the visual appearance of the item and do not consider the operating functionality of the equipment. Condition and Grading Standards are subjective, at best, and are intended to act as a guide.\"\u003eC-9\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperational Status:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"#\" title=\"This item is brand new from the factory.\"\u003eFunctional\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Box:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes (\u003ca href=\"#\" title=\"May have store stamps and price tags. 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