Description:

Built by General Electric between 1966 and 1976, the six-axle, 3,000 horsepower U30C locomotive was primarily used in heavy-haul road freight and unit train service. This model represents the more common ""Phase III"" car body style, which applies to most locomotives produced after 1970.

Features:

• Adirondack floating bolster trucks with or without bearing caps as appropriate per railroad
• Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate(R) Proto-couplers
• Golden-white LEDs
• Antenna detail where appropriate per road name
• Realistic die cast underframe
• Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
• Separately installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
• Directional lighting
• With or without nose headlight as appropriate per railroad
• Non-operating cab roof-top beacon detail where appropriate per road name
• Detailed crew members
• Marker lights with separate lenses
• Snowplow
• Separately applied drop steps
• 4-Function HO Dual-Mode Decoder (Digital units only)
• Recommended radius: 22""

AccuMate(R) couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.