Description
Railroad Short Name: WP
#914A F7A
Considering the longevity of Western Pacific’s F7 freight units, they changed very little during their careers. However, the changes and modifications that were made, were remarkably consistent unit to unit. That may have something to do with the fact that the WP had only one big diesel shop in Stockton California. The same guys doing the same thing, equals consistency.
The details that make these engines unique: We all are familiar with the steam engine headlight mounted to the rear roof of the b-units, but there is more. All of these units have the WP modified large fuel tanks and partial side skirts. The B-units have a couple of extra roof grabs down by the back-up light.
The A-units have a full compliment of grabs on the engineer’s side of the nose. The 914a and 915d had m/u connectors to the left of the headlight. The 913a, a future member of the Fab Four, has the SP style plow pilot that she still carries today.
Some people may say that these engines are painted in the ?Pumpkin 2? scheme. Whatever you would like to call it, we WP guys know that it seems that there were never enough all-orange Fs around to make up a complete lash up. To help with this we will offer one of our A/B sets with and all-orange A-unit (913a) and an orange and silver B (924c).
- All units are powered
- Factory installed SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound and DCC decoder (DCC+sound units only)
- Tsunami sounds are compatible with both DCC and DC operation (DCC+sound units only)
- Directional constant lighting; headlight brightness remains constant
- 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 features Quick Plug? plug-and-play technology with both 8- and 9-pin connector (DCC-Ready only)
- 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
- Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
- Back up light
- 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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