Prototype: Type General Electric ES44AC heavy diesel electric freight locomotive painted and lettered for Union Pacific Railroad (UP). Yellow basic livery. Serial number 7912. The locomotive looks as it currently does in real life.
Highlights
-Completely new tooling.
-Factory-installed smoke generator with dynamic smoke exhaust.
Many controllable light and sound functions.
-Cab lighting is digitally switchable.
-Enlighted numeral signs are digitally switchable.
-Long-distance headlights can be operated.
-Centrally mounted motor, four axles powered by cardan shafts.
-Operation possible with kingpins and normal close couplers.
-RailCom-compatible decoder included.
Model: The locomotive has a digital decoder and extensive sound and light functions. It also has a controlled high power drive with a flywheel, centrally mounted. Two axles in each truck are driven by cardan shafts. Traction tires. The locomotive has four front lights at the front and two lights at the rear of the locomotive placed side by side. These lights alternate with the direction of travel, operate conventionally and can be switched off in pairs in digital operation. The cab lighting, the license plate lighting, the long-distance front light and the flashing function of the headlights are digitally switchable. Maintenance-free, warm-white LEDs are used for the lighting. The locomotive has a factory-installed smoke generator with dynamic smoke exhaust and is digitally switchable. It also has many individually applied details. The NEM pockets can be fixed in place using the shims supplied with the locomotive for use with knuckle couplers. A pilot with a small front cutout, brake hoses and two shims for the NEM pocket are included. Length over the couplers approximately 27 cm / 10-5/8″.
Products marked “Union Pacific” are made under the trademark license of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Another type GE ES44AC diesel locomotive with a different road number can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25440. This model is available in AC version and has item number 38441 in the Märklin H0 assortment.
