Product Description
Announced Date:
July 2023
Released Date:
April 2025
Individually Boxed:
Yes
Road Name: Pennsylvania
Road Number: 9540, 9547
Product Line: RailKing 1 Gauge
Scale: G Scale
Features:
Intricately Detailed Polycarbonate Body
Detailed Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank
Moveable Roof Fans
Metal Body Side Grilles
(2) Engineer Cab Figures
Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
(2) Hook & Chain Coupler Assemblies
Kadee Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
(2) Remote Controlled Proto-Couplers
Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
Directionally Controlled Constant Voltage LED Headlight
Lighted Cab Interior
Illuminated Number Boards
Lighted Marker Lights
Operating MARS Light
(2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Skew-Wound Balanced Motors In Each A Unit
AA Set Paired Together With Slave Harness - 2nd A Unit Cannot Be Operated Independently
Operating Smoke Unit
Onboard DCC Receiver
Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
1:32 Scale Proportions
Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Passenger Station Proto-Effects
Unit Measures: 39" x 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"
Operates On R2 Curves
Diesel DCC Features
Headlight/Taillight
Horn
Bell
Start-up/Shut-down
Passenger Station/Freight Yard Announcements
Lights (except head/tail)
Master Volume
Front Coupler
Rear Coupler
Forward Signal
Reverse Signal
Grade Crossing
Idle Sequence 3
Idle Sequence 2
Idle Sequence 1
Extended Start-up
Extended Shut-down
Rev Up
Rev Down
One Shot Doppler
Coupler Slack
Coupler Close
Single Horn Blast
Engine Sounds
Brake Sounds
Cab Chatter
Feature Reset
Smoke On/Off
Smoke Volume
Overview:
From 1942-1945, Electro Motive Division's F-unit was the only road freight diesel built in America. While the War Production Board limited competitors Alco and Baldwin to diesel switcher and steam locomotive production during World War II, EMD's 1,350 hp FT became a runaway best-seller. By war's end, Electro Motive had a lead over its competitors that would last until they closed their doors.
With production restrictions lifted and the U.S. economy humming with pent-up demand, railroads clamored for new diesels to replace a steam fleet exhausted by wartime traffic. In July 1946, EMD introduced a new model F-unit, the F3. Horsepower was upgraded to 1,500 and lessons learned on the FT gave the F3 better reliability and lower maintenance. Under the hood throbbed an improved 567-series V-12 engine. With 567 inches of displacement per cylinder, this same engine would power virtually the entire first generation of EMD diesel locomotives.
The F3 hit the market in an era when almost every boy in America wanted toy trains for Christmas, and F3 models quickly became a hot topic in letters to Santa. Such was the desire of railroads for publicity that Lionel® convinced the Santa Fe, the New York Central, and EMD to share the tooling costs for its top-of-the line F3. Even today, half a century later, the Santa Fe F-unit remains an icon of railroading to the American public.
Relive the sights, sounds, and drama of postwar railroading with this four-motored, full-scale 1:32 model. Throttle down to speeds as low as 3 scale miles per hour with any load, or roll along at the prototype’s maximum speed of 102 mph with passenger gearing. Proto-Sound 3.0 offers authentic EMD 567 prime mover sounds, a first-generation diesel horn and bell, crew and station sounds, and adjustable smoke volume. The RailKing F-3 features the same level of superb detailing that characterizes our F-7, with added-on details that include legible builder’s plates, grab irons, multiple-unit hoses, rooftop lift rings, see-through rooftop fans, steam generator exhaust stack (for passenger car heating), windshield wipers, and trucks with separately-applied spring hangers, brake cylinders, and air pipes. As with the F-7, each A-unit is supplied with two sets of pilots: a fully-detailed pilot with narrow coupler opening for wide-radius curves, and a less-detailed pilot with wide coupler opening for operation on tighter curves.
