--FEF is a large passenger steam locomotive of Union Pacific Railroad, the largest railway company in the United States, and 45 units were manufactured between 1937 and 1944.
--FEF ranges from FEF-1 to FEF-3, and FEF-3 # 844 (8444) was manufactured in December 1944 during World War II.
――In 1946, the paint was changed from black to two-tone gray, and it was active in leading passenger trains such as the Los Angeles Limited Express and Challenger.
――After that, it was changed from two-tone gray to black paint, and the traction machine of the passenger train was replaced from the steam locomotive to the diesel locomotive, and it was towing the freight train from 1957 to 1959.
--In 1962, FEF-3 # 844 (8444) was selected as a traction machine for tourist trains, and at that time there was a diesel locomotive GP30 # 844 with the same engine number, so add 4 to the end of FEF-3 # 844. , FEF-3 # 8444 and played an active part.
――From 1987 to 1999, it was painted in two-tone gray again, and it was nicknamed Grayhound, which towed event trains.
――In 1989, the diesel locomotive GP30 # 844 retired, so it was returned to the original FEF-3 # 844.
--FEF-3 # 844 (8444) has been preserved in motion without losing its car registration even once since its active days, and is currently active as a towing event train based in the Cheyenne Motive Power Depot, Wyoming.
――This time, KATO USA will commercialize FEF-3 # 8444, which was familiar with Grayhound with two-tone gray paint from 1987 to 1989.
――You can enjoy running in parallel with GS-4 # 4449 released by KATO.
--For passenger cars, please use the Excursion Train released in June from Hobby Center Kato.
--FEF-3 # 8444 Greyhound, nicknamed the two-tone gray paint, is a hunting dog breed that is fast-paced, has a good style, and is a beautiful dog breed. It is used.
[The legendary parallel running of GS-4 # 4449 and FEF-3 # 8444! ]
--In 1989, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Union Station in Los Angeles, Southern Pacific Railroad GS-4 # 4449 and Union Pacific Railroad FEF-3 run side by side on a mountain pass called Cajon Pass in California. it was done.
――The sight of the engineers contacting each other, adjusting the speed, raising black smoke and running up the pass was a masterpiece, and it was a big event on the American scale.
――The figure was filmed by a helicopter, and you can still see the parallel videos of that time on YouTube.
――When the actual car runs, GS-4 # 4449 runs with a business car at the end of two daylight-painted luggage cars and three passenger cars on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and FEF-3 on the Union Pacific Railroad. With # 8444 at the top, two diesel locomotives were double-headed with one water tender in between, and two UP luggage cars and 12 UP passenger cars were towed.
――The model is different from the actual car, but the Southern Pacific Railroad runs the GS-4 # 4449 with a luggage car and four coaches of the daylight passenger car and an SP business car at the end, and the Union Pacific Railroad. With a water tender and SD70 Ace # 8444 behind the FEF-3 # 8444 to pull the UP Excursion Train or the UP City of Los Angeles, you can enjoy the atmosphere of the time.
* Since the business car is an Arnold coupler, please replace it with a knuckle coupler such as (Z05-1376) Nahafu 11 Kamome Knuckle Coupler.
* 21/10/30 The product number has changed from when the reservation started. 12605-3 → 126-0403
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