Scale Trains HO Rivet Counter Water Tender #907853 Union Pacific “Black”

Description

Railroad Short Name: UP

Repainted solid black with billboard “Union Pacific” lettering, it regularly operated behind FEF #8444 including the Expo ’74 train in July of 1974. In April 1977, UP 907853 operated with Southern Pacific #4449 on the Freedom Train from Birmingham, AL to Seattle, WA. Ultimately, it was retired in 1984 and eventually donated to the Illinois Railroad Museum in 1992. It was united in black paint with preserved UP GTEL #18 and was eventually repainted as it appears today.

• Fully assembled
• 23-C-GTE Class riveted body
• 23,000-gallon capacity
• Riveted seams
• Photo-etched metal tender deck walkway
• Intricate electrical and water plumbing
• Factory-applied air tank, brake cylinder, and control valve
• Brake beam
• Handbrake housing with finely detailed wheel and chain
• Factory-applied multiple unit (MU) hoses, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses
• Durable body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
• Buckeye 3-axle trucks with SKF bearings
• 36” machined metal wheels
• Accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
• Operating rear tender LED light
• 2-function DCC programmable decoder
• Operate using DC and DCC
• Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
• Truck safety chains available separately (SXT80111) – requires 22” minimum radius curve
• Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
• Color matched to Tru-Color paint
• Weighted above Industry standards
• Packaging safely stores model
• Minimum radius: 18”