An HO scale 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive with DCC & Sound in the Nickel Plate Road scheme (#765).
This model recreates the famous Nickel Plate Road 765, from the 740 to 769 series built January to September 1944 and well known for its excursions. Fully-assembled.
Features
- Era: Mid 2009 to Mid 2010s
- Series 740 to 769; built Jan-Sep 1944
- Road number 765
- 2009 Train Festival appearance
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- LED-illuminated front headlight - directional
- LED-illuminated tender backup light - directional
- LED-illuminated number boards
- LED-illuminated cab interior
- LED-illuminated class lights (off/white/green)
- Die-cast boiler
- Equipped with multi-bearing crossheads
- Die-cast tender body
- Brass bell mounted at front of smokebox
- Cab Curtains
- Equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Metal handrails and handrail posts
- Sliding cab roof vents
- Printed builders plate with detailed information
- Sprung drivers
- Interchangeable drivers with and without traction tires
- Real tender coal load
- Synchronized puffing smoke unit
- Quillable steaming whistle
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Electrical pickup on loco and tender
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores the model
- Minimum radius: 18"
- Recommended radius: 22"
- DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with "Full Throttle"
- Equipped with speakers in the boiler and tender
- Locomotive sounds recorded from NKP 765
- ESU designed "PowerPack" with two super capacitors***
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
- Fox Valley Models — now produced and distributed by ScaleTrains
Description
An HO scale 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive with DCC & Sound in the Nickel Plate Road scheme (#765).
This model recreates the famous Nickel Plate Road 765, from the 740 to 769 series built January to September 1944 and well known for its excursions. Fully-assembled.
Features
- Era: Mid 2009 to Mid 2010s
- Series 740 to 769; built Jan-Sep 1944
- Road number 765
- 2009 Train Festival appearance
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- LED-illuminated front headlight - directional
- LED-illuminated tender backup light - directional
- LED-illuminated number boards
- LED-illuminated cab interior
- LED-illuminated class lights (off/white/green)
- Die-cast boiler
- Equipped with multi-bearing crossheads
- Die-cast tender body
- Brass bell mounted at front of smokebox
- Cab Curtains
- Equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Metal handrails and handrail posts
- Sliding cab roof vents
- Printed builders plate with detailed information
- Sprung drivers
- Interchangeable drivers with and without traction tires
- Real tender coal load
- Synchronized puffing smoke unit
- Quillable steaming whistle
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Electrical pickup on loco and tender
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores the model
- Minimum radius: 18"
- Recommended radius: 22"
- DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with "Full Throttle"
- Equipped with speakers in the boiler and tender
- Locomotive sounds recorded from NKP 765
- ESU designed "PowerPack" with two super capacitors***
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
- Fox Valley Models — now produced and distributed by ScaleTrains