Description
Railroad Short Name: VCRR
VCRR Features:
- Former CNW unit
- Front and rear ditch lights
- Retains the distinctive CNW “gong” bell on nose
- Small firecracker and large Sinclair antennas
- Leslie RS3L horn on bracket, mounted on long hood
- Cab-mounted Xenon strobe
- Front low snowplow, rear MU catch boxes
The Ventura County Railroad connects the UP main line in Oxnard with South Oxnard and Port Hueneme. The line began operations in 1998 under RailAmerica and has since fallen under the ownership of shortline conglomerate Genesee and Wyoming. VCRR 1560 is the only GP15-1 on the roster, and wears commemorative art for late VCRR engineer George Blyler on its rear flanks.
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
- Coupler cut levers
- Flexible rubber MU hoses
- Flexible rubber trainline hose
- See through cab windows
- Full cab interior
- Walkway tread
- Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
- Windshield wipers
- Lift rings
- Wire grab irons
- Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes
- Sander lines
- McHenry scale knuckle couplers – Kadee compatible
- Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- LED bulbs for realistic appearance
- Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
Sound Features:
- Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
- Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
- Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
- Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
- All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Precision slow speed control
- Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
- Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
- CV chart included in the box
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