Berkshire 2-8-4 Steam Locomotive & Freight Cars Set

Prototype: Southern Pacific “Berkshire” steam locomotive with the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement. Deep black basic paint scheme. Road number 3505. The loco looks as it did between 1945 and 1950. One of 25 locomotives built with the striking Coffin feed-water heater.

Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has a controlled high-performance motor with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. Four axles are powered, three of them via coupling rods. Traction tires are fitted. The locomotive and tender are made mostly of metal. The factory-installed smoke generator with speed-dependent, dynamic smoke exhaust can be controlled digitally. The headlights, with one lamp on the loco and tender, change over with the direction of travel. They will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting, number display lighting, and firebox flickering can be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm-white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. A buffer capacitor is fitted. There is an adjustable close coupler with a guide mechanism between the loco and tender. The tender has a close coupling with a guide mechanism and an NEM pocket. There are seated figures of a locomotive engineer and fireman in the cab. Piping for the area below the cab is included separately for installation on the locomotive.
Length approx. 31.3 cm / 12-5/16″.

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Prototype: Set consisting of five US freight cars of different types from the Southern Pacific. Two single-door boxcars, two double-door boxcars (automotive cars), and one tank car. Operating condition around 1948.

Model: Frame and floor made of metal. Detailed trucks with special wheel sets. Boxcars with opening sliding doors. Roof walkways, access ladders, brake system, and other details are separately applied. Couplers can be replaced. All cars are individually packaged inside a master package. Total length over couplers approximately 76 cm.
DC wheel set E320552 (NEM) or E320389 (RP25).

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Prototype: Southern Pacific caboose. Version with center roof cupola. Chestnut brown basic paint scheme. The car looks as it did around 1948.

Model: The frame and floor are made of metal.
The car has detailed trucks with special wheel sets. The end platforms are fitted with hand brakes on both sides. The roof walkways, steps, brake rigging, and other details are separately applied. The couplers can be replaced. Length over the couplers 14.2 cm / 5-1/2″.
DC wheel set E320552 (NEM) or E320389 (RP25).