Description
Railroad Short Name: SOU
Southern Features:
- No dynamic brakes
- Leslie 5-chme horn
- “Mushroon” style Exhaust spark arrestor
- Steam generator
- Dual sealed beam headlight
- Nose MU door
- Ex CNO&TP
- Front MU Cables
- Fire cracker anntenna
In the late 1970s Amtrak utilized these locomotives from SOUTHERN in service on a few of their passenger trains; frequently on the Seattle to Los Angeles, Coast Starlight. SOU 6147J, 6148F and 6146L were all spotted in Amtrak service working together or separately.
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- All units are powered
- Directional constant lighting
- headlight brightness remains constant
- On DCC-ready B-units, back-up lights or marker lights (if equipped) will come with LEDS, but wires will not be connected to the circuit board.
- Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
- Accurately-painted and printed paint schemes
- Separately applied photo etched metal and injection molded detail parts
- Cab interior
- Coupler cut levers
- MU hoses
- Trainline hose
- Windshield wipers
- Lift rings
- Wire grab irons
- Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
- Sander lines
- Body mounted McHenry scale knuckle couplers – Kadee compatible
- DCC-ready Non-sound version features 21-pin NEM DCC plug
- Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- LEDs for realistic appearance
- Blomberg-B trucks
- Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
- Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage
- Replacement parts available
- Minimum radius: 18”
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