Athearn 25746 - N 4-6-6-4 Steam Challenger - DCC & Sound - Denver & Rio Grande Western #3803

N 4-6-6-4 Steam Challenger - DCC & Sound - Denver & Rio Grande Western #3803 ETA: October 2022 Detailed Information Denver & Rio Grande Western During the World War II industrial production was overseen and regulated by the Federal War Production Board. When the UP placed their 2nd Challenger order with Alco in 1943 the WPB stepped in and had 5 of the locomotives built for the Denver & Rio Grande Western RR to help fulfill their need for additional motive power to haul wartime traffic. These 5 locomotives were built to UPs specifications. ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES: #3803 Coal burner Dual smoke stacks. Era: 1944-1946. STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES: DCC-ready features Quick Plug plug-and-play technology Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes Full cab interior with boiler backhead with printed gauges Individually applied piping, valves, generators, etc. Operating eccentric cranks on both sides operating in correct direction Headlights and indicator number boxes (number boards) with directional light change Five pole, skewed armature motor with flywheel for smooth operation Pivoting front and rear engines for negotiating 11inch radius curves See-through running boards See-through cab windows McHenry scale knuckle couplers LED Lighting for realistic appearance Fully-assembled and ready-to-run Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage Minimum recommended radius: 15inch SOUND EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE Tender-mounted DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound 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 Excellent Slow speed control Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes CV chart included in the box