Kato 107-0100 N Scale Union Pacific Big Boy & FEF Starter Train Set with M2 Track & Powerpack

N scale Steam Starter Sets - The biggest way to get started in N scale!

Kato’s N scale Big Boy engine is a wholly new and unique design from any steam engine that has come before, utilizing two coreless motors in dual articulated metal mechanisms to power the 16 total driving wheels. Thanks to the articulated design just like the real engine, the two sets of driving wheels are able to move independently which gives the engine the ability to navigate 11″ radius curves, allowing the locomotive to run with Kato’s other large scale engines like the FEF-3 and GS-4. The engine also features pickup both from the drive sections as well as the tender for maximum electrical coverage and reliability, and will be fully ready to run no matter which variation you purchase with all details fit and ready to go out of the box, options for pre-installed DCC and even DCC + Sound, and operational lighting from the deck mounted forward facing headlight.

The Kato N Scale FEF-3 follows in the footsteps of its Southern Pacific 4-8-4 cousin, refining the basic concept of a high-power, flexible steam locomotive which is easily upgradable to DCC by coupling a special, isolated coreless motor drive system with heavy duty flywheels and a flexible cross-braced suspension system that gives the locomotive a high torque, high traction grip that ensures constant and consistent pressure spread across the primary drivers. Another benefit of the coreless motor system is that the locomotive will have an extremely low starting voltage, giving the locomotive slow creeping speeds that will allow modelers to appreciate the complex arrangement of moving side rods that make steam operation so exciting. Other features, such as the locomotive’s unique “Centipede” style tender being fitted with special articulation mechanisms that appear seamless when observed but will bend and flex to allow the locomotive to navigate tighter corners than should otherwise be possible!

FEATURES:

• Big Boy:
  • Dual coreless motors with brass flywheels for unmatched pulling performance
    
  • Weights carefully placed along the body even in the cylinders to give the engine perfect balance and weight distribution.
  • Operational tinted LED headlight
  • 4014 has the iconic “Big Boy” chalk lettering on the front of the smokebox
  • 4014 is built to match the 2021 Excursion tour appearance: – Oil Tender – Graphite Firebox – Silver cylinder head and piston covers – Builder’s Plate
• FEF:
  • Semi-modern appearance is appropriate for modern layouts behind UP Excursion trains as well as historical layouts operating freight and UP passenger services
  • New coreless motor design with dual brass flywheels for silky-smooth performance at all speeds, even slow crawls
  • Special cross-braced shock absorbers equalize the pressure on the locomotive drivers to maximize traction
  • DCC friendly design, allowing for easy drop-in installation of DCC using ESU 58741 LokSound 5 micro
  • Illuminated headlight and locomotive numberboards. The FEF tender does not have operational lights, but lighting kits are available for the special Water Tender cars (sold separately)

INCLUDES:

• One Union Pacific UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014, Std DC
• One Union Pacific UP FEF-3 4-8-4 #844, Std DC
• M2 Track Set which includes
  • Unitrack Oval & Siding
  • Power Pack SX