STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
• Illuminated number boards and headlights
• Headlight turns off in reverse
• Illuminated directional back-up light in the tender
• Correctly operating eccentric cranks
• Adjustable top cab vent and cab windows
• Pivoting front and rear engines for negotiating 18” radius curves
• Current pick-up on all driver and wheels
• Boiler backhead with full details and printed gauges
• Synchronized chuff, whistle, bell, blow-down, air compressor, dyno and
pop-off valve sounds
• User-controlled whistle, short whistle, bell, squeal, coupler crash,
injector, water stop and light dimmer
• Individually-applied detail parts, including brass-painted bell and whistle,
piping, valves, generator, steps, air pump, air tanks, reverser and
coupler lift bar
• Front coupler pocket can be inserted to mount operating coupler
• Dual cube speakers for great sound quality
• Lighted firebox flicker effect with see-through firebox door
• Upgraded headlight lighting with brighter LED
• Improved loco-to-tender connection harness for increased durability and
serviceability
• Minimum recommended radius: 22”
SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE
• Tender-mounted DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
• Dual cube speakers for optimal sound quality
• Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
• Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
• Engine, whistle, and bell sounds work in DC
• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
• Precision slow speed control
• Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
• Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
• CV chart included in the box
ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:
• #3938 Class CSA-2, Worthington feedwater heater, standard sand dome, boiler-tube pilot with wide handrails, no walkway “hump”,
no steam pipe to front cylinders, unpainted metal side rods and glossy paint finish (to represent freshly-serviced and cleaned loco), special
paint scheme with white walkways and wheel tires, coal burner. Athearn research photo dated AUG-1937 shows this loco with white walkways
and wheel tires; we are unsure how long it lasted in this guise, but the effect is striking on this big steamer! Era Late 1937+
