910-9478, HO EMD F40PH - Standard DC -- CSX #9997
Power your favorite regional commuter trains in style with a WalthersMainline F40PH on the job! Built especially for passenger duties, the prototypes entered service in 1976 and many are still going strong today. Based on Phase 2b prototypes, the models feature:
One time run of these roadnumbers, order now - limited quantity available
Factory-installed vertical hand rails
Molded drill starter points for grab irons (sold separately)
RP-25 metal wheels
Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
Fully assembled
21mtc connector
Same powerful drive as WalthersProto(R) locos featuring:
- Five-pole skew-wound motor
- 14:1 gear ratio
- Helical-cut gears for quiet operation and easy multiple unit operation
- All-wheel drive and electrical pickup
- Heavy die-cast metal chassis
- Constant and directional LED lights
Detailed Information
UP #4014 EXCURSION FEATURES:
Excursion Version with oil tender from UP 3985 per prototype configuration
Reporting marks only on rear tender face per prototype 2019 configuration
In service appearance
Commemorative box
Chalk marking “Big Boy” decal included (not applied).
UP #4014 PROMONTORY FEATURES:
Great Race to Promontory version with oil tender from UP 3985 per prototype configuration
Reporting marks only on rear tender face per prototype 2019 configuration
Freshly shopped shiny appearance
Commemorative box
Chalk marking “Big Boy” factory applied to smoke box face, per prototype during summer 2019. This marking is a subtle nod to history and ALCO legend. See details on the last page of this order sheet.
Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. Union Pacific reacquired No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013, and relocated it back to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process. In 2019 UP #4014 was brought back to life. It had been almost 60 years and multiple generations since the last time a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy operated under it’s own power.
SURVIVING 4-8-8-4 BIG BOY PRESERVATION INFO:
4004: Holliday Park
4005: Forney Transportation Museum
4006: Museum of Transportation
4012: Steamtown National Historic Site
4017: National Railroad Museum
4018: Museum of the American Railroad
4023: Kenefick Park
PRESERVATION VERSION FEATURES:
As delivered from ALCO in service 1940s era
Coal Tender
Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. Because of their great length, the frames of the Big Boys were “hinged,” or articulated, to allow them to negotiate curves. They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of “pilot” wheels which guided the engine, eight drivers, another set of eight drivers, and four wheels following which supported the rear of the locomotive. The massive engines normally operated between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyo.
There are seven Big Boys on public display in various cities around the country. They can be found in St. Louis, Missouri; Dallas, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Source Union Pacific Railroad
WARTIME ERA VERSION FEATURES:
As delivered from ALCO in service 1940s era
Coal Tender
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
Full cab interior with boiler backhead with printed gauges
Individually applied piping, valves, generators, etc.
Operating eccentric cranks on both sides operating in correct direction
Headlights and indicator number boxes (number boards) with directional light change
Five pole, skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for smooth operation
Pivoting front and rear engines for negotiating 22” radius curves
See-through running boards
Smoke unit ready with no soldering required
See through cab windows
McHenry scale knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible
Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain
Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
LED Lighting for realistic appearance
Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage
SOUND EQUPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE
Authentic recordings from UP #4014 under steam recorded by Soundtraxx summer 2019
Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
Decoder controlled smoke
Flickering firebox LED with effect
Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
Chuff, whistle, and bell sounds work in DC
All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
Precision slow speed control
Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
CV chart included in the box
PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The Union Pacific’s Overland Route, the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, was built west from Omaha, across Nebraska and Wyoming, and on into Utah. The steepest grade was the eastbound climb on the Echo Canyon line through the Wahsatch Mountains just east of Ogden, Utah. Forty 4-6-6-4 Challenger locomotives were acquired in 1936 and 1937 to move fast freight over the grades in Utah and Wyoming. They were rated at 4,290 tons across Wyoming, but were limited to 3,100 tons eastbound through Echo Canyon.
Union Pacific wanted something that could make the same speeds as the Challengers but could carry the entire 4,290-ton train over the Wahsatch Mountains without a helper. The easiest solution was to scale up the successful Challenger design by adding another pair of drivers to each half of the locomotive thus making a 4-8-8-4.
In 1941 UP placed an order for twenty 4-8-8-4’s, numbered 4000 through 4019, with the American Locomotive Works. Each engine cost $265,174. According to legend an unidentified machinist at the ALCO plant is responsible for the name “Big Boy”, having scrawled the name in chalk on a partially completed locomotive.
The Big Boys were exactly what the railroad wanted. They were coal burners with 68-inch drivers, 135,375 pounds of tractive effort and 6,000 horsepower. They started service on the line from Ogden to Green River, Wyoming and their operating range soon increased to cover the line all the way to Cheyenne.
Traffic during WWII resulted in five more Big Boys, numbered 4020 through 4024, being built in 1944. These versions were slightly heavier than the original order due to wartime materials restrictions.Despite the influx of diesel locomotives following WWII, the Big Boys and Challengers remained the prime power on the Overland Route. They also saw service as helpers, leading gas turbines and diesels over Sherman Hill. They remained active through the 1950’s and weren’t retired until the early 1960’s. By then the first twenty units had been run well over one million miles.
Specifications
DCC:
Ready/21-Pin NEM
SOUND:
Ready
PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURER:
ALCO
WHEEL CONFIGURATION:
4-8-8-4
LIGHTED:
LED Lighting
FULL ROADNAME:
Union Pacific
MIN. RADIUS:
22 inch
Minimum Age Recommendation:
14 years
Is Assembly Required:
No
931-101, WalthersTrainline Burlington Northern #1709 (green, white) Diesel Locomotive
This WalthersTrainline EMD GP9M diesel locomotive will be a real workhorse on your HO Scale model railroad, and is perfect for expanding or upgrading any train set too! Based on locos introduced in 1954 and still going strong today, the GP9M is available decorated in a variety of colorful schemes and are fully assembled, ready for service on your railroad.
Features include:
Perfect diesel to power any HO train set
Colorful paint scheme
Body-mounted knuckle couplers
Heavy die-cast metal frame
Powerful can motor with flywheel for smooth operation
All-wheel electrical pickup and drive for pulling power and reliable performance
Working headlight
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
This WalthersTrainline EMD GP9M diesel locomotive will be a real workhorse on your HO Scale model railroad, and is perfect for expanding or upgrading any train set too! Based on locos introduced in 1954 and still going strong today, the GP9M is available decorated in a variety of colorful schemes and are fully assembled, ready for service on your railroad.
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
Expand your HO trainset fun in minutes with the WalthersTrainline EMD GP15-1 diesel! Fully assembled and ready for service, features include:
Directional headlights
All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up
Powerful can motor with flywheel
Heavy die-cast metal frame for added pulling power
Colorful paint and lettering schemes
Body-mounted magnetic knuckle couplers
RP-25 metal wheels
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
This WalthersTrainline EMD GP9M diesel locomotive will be a real workhorse on your HO Scale model railroad, and is perfect for expanding or upgrading any train set too! Based on locos introduced in 1954 and still going strong today, the GP9M is available decorated in a variety of colorful schemes and are fully assembled, ready for service on your railroad.
Features include:
Perfect diesel to power any HO train set
Colorful paint scheme
Body-mounted knuckle couplers
Heavy die-cast metal frame
Powerful can motor with flywheel for smooth operation
All-wheel electrical pickup and drive for pulling power and reliable performance
Working headlight
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
Expand your HO trainset fun in minutes with the WalthersTrainline EMD GP15-1 diesel! Fully assembled and ready for service, features include:
Directional headlights
All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up
Powerful can motor with flywheel
Heavy die-cast metal frame for added pulling power
Colorful paint and lettering schemes
Body-mounted magnetic knuckle couplers
RP-25 metal wheels
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
Expand your HO trainset fun in minutes with the WalthersTrainline EMD GP15-1 diesel! Fully assembled and ready for service, features include:
Directional headlights
All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up
Powerful can motor with flywheel
Heavy die-cast metal frame for added pulling power
Colorful paint and lettering schemes
Body-mounted magnetic knuckle couplers
RP-25 metal wheels
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
This WalthersTrainline EMD GP9M diesel locomotive will be a real workhorse on your HO Scale model railroad, and is perfect for expanding or upgrading any train set too! Based on locos introduced in 1954 and still going strong today, the GP9M is available decorated in a variety of colorful schemes and are fully assembled, ready for service on your railroad.
Features include:
Perfect diesel to power any HO train set
Colorful paint scheme
Body-mounted knuckle couplers
Heavy die-cast metal frame
Powerful can motor with flywheel for smooth operation
All-wheel electrical pickup and drive for pulling power and reliable performance
Working headlight
This product was added to our catalog on March 30, 2023
ATHG71811, HO GP38-2 w/DCC & Sound, FEC #509
Detailed Information
FEC FEATURES:
Era-specific details
Mid/Late Phase body
Blomberg B trucks
Horns on both ends
Large 3800 gallon fuel tank
Non-dynamic brakes
Both mid and late paint scheme versions offered!
Starting in 1972, the FEC acquired 11 of these GP38-2s. These locomotives came equipped with Oscitrol lighting and Leslie RS3L horns. These GP38-2s are still in service today having gone through several rebuilds. Taking off the Oscitrol lighting from their nose and adding front and rear ditch lights, and RV AC units to their roof.
ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:
#509
“Hurricane” scheme, “weedcutter” front plow
Oscitrol nose lights (operational in DCC)
Front and rear horns
ATHG71810, HO GP38-2 w/DCC & Sound, FEC #505
Detailed Information
FEC FEATURES:
Era-specific details
Mid/Late Phase body
Blomberg B trucks
Horns on both ends
Large 3800 gallon fuel tank
Non-dynamic brakes
Both mid and late paint scheme versions offered!
Starting in 1972, the FEC acquired 11 of these GP38-2s. These locomotives came equipped with Oscitrol lighting and Leslie RS3L horns. These GP38-2s are still in service today having gone through several rebuilds. Taking off the Oscitrol lighting from their nose and adding front and rear ditch lights, and RV AC units to their roof.
ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:
#505
“Hurricane” scheme, “weedcutter” front plow
Oscitrol nose lights (operational in DCC)
Front and rear horns
The GP40-2 was EMD’s follow-up to the very successful GP40 locomotive model. While many internal upgrades were introduced (such as the use of improved, modular Dash 2 electrical components), there were some external differences between the early production GP40-2 and late-production GP40. This included an engine water-level sight glass on the right side of the body (a feature common to all EMD Dash 2 models), a larger electrical cabinet air filter box, a lengthened battery compartment on the left side, and a slightly modified cab.
All GP40-2s featured a 16-cylinder EMD 645-series diesel engine which was rated at 3,000 horsepower. Early to mid-production phase 2 GP40-2s were built from mid-1976 through late-1979. Several major spotting features of Phase 2 units include: an 88” low nose, corrugated radiator grilles and notched step wells.
DCC Operation Features:
Supports all DCC-programming modes
Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
A total of six DCC function outputs are available
Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.
Sound Functionality Features:
Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.
The GP40-2 was EMD’s follow-up to the very successful GP40 locomotive model. While many internal upgrades were introduced (such as the use of improved, modular Dash 2 electrical components), there were some external differences between the early production GP40-2 and late-production GP40. This included an engine water-level sight glass on the right side of the body (a feature common to all EMD Dash 2 models), a larger electrical cabinet air filter box, a lengthened battery compartment on the left side, and a slightly modified cab.
All GP40-2s featured a 16-cylinder EMD 645-series diesel engine which was rated at 3,000 horsepower. Early to mid-production phase 2 GP40-2s were built from mid-1976 through late-1979. Several major spotting features of Phase 2 units include: an 88” low nose, corrugated radiator grilles and notched step wells.
DCC Operation Features:
Supports all DCC-programming modes
Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28.
A total of six DCC function outputs are available
Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.
Sound Functionality Features:
Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.
