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PREORDER BLI 4909 C&O J3a 4-8-4, #614, “The Greenbrier Presidential Express”, w/ Paragon3 Sound/DC/DCC, HO
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
Item Number: 4909
Manufacturer: Broadway Limited Imports, LLC
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C&O 4-8-4 GREENBRIER
Chesapeake & Ohio 614 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the
Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, in June 1948 for the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway (C&O) as a member of the J3a class. As one of the last commercially
built steam locomotives in the United States, the locomotive was built with the
primary purpose of hauling long, heavy, high speed express passenger trains for
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway such as the George Washington and the Fast Flying
Virginian. Retired from active service in the late 1950s, the 614 was preserved
and placed on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. In
1979, the locomotive was restored to operating condition and was used for
extensive mainline excursion service from the 1970s until the late 1990s. Today
the locomotive is on temporary display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in
Clifton Forge, Virginia awaiting a potential return to steam.
Most railroads called their 4-8-4s “Northerns,” which is short
for the railroad first using the 4-8-4 type, Northern Pacific Railroad. The
workers of the C&O could not see naming these locomotives “Northerns” as the
railroad was based in the southeast. The famous Greenbrier Hotel in White
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, a major resort on the C&O main line, was the
inspiration for the name “Greenbrier” applied to these 4-8-4s.
The C&O had a total of 12 4-8-4s, with the first five numbered
600-604 built in 1935, with the designation J-3. In 1942, two more were ordered
from Lima numbered 605-606. In 1948, the design changed slightly and the 610-614
were produced, with the J-3-A designation. All J-3s were retired in 1955;
however, several (including 614) were reactivated in 1956.
Due to increasing traffic, the C&O borrowed eleven 4-8-4s from
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) numbered 613-622.
Because of one of the borrowed engines being numbered 614, the C&O renumbered
J-3-A 614 to 611. Before the year closed out, both the 611 (614) and RF&P
engines were retired, and 611 was sent to storage in Russell, Kentucky.
FEATURES
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NEW
Paragon3 Sound & Operation System FEATURING
ROLLING THUNDER
with Authentic Sounds
and Prototypical
Operation in both DC and DCC environments
• Synchronized Puffing Smoke with each Chuff
• Variable Puffing Smoke Intensity and Timing
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Locomotive Composition:
Brass body with Die Cast Chassis
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Tender Composition:
Brass body with Die Cast Chassis
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Couplers: (2)
Operating Kadee or Compatible
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Compatible Tracks:
Code 70, 83, 100 Rail
• Equipped with Traction Tires
• Minimum Operating Radius: 22 in or greater
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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MSRP: $699.99
FDT Low Price: Preorder for $0.01 down. $594.98 Plus Freight Charged at Shipment.
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