Bachmann has announced new Baldwin 2-10-0 Russian Decapods
With the advent of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Baldwin Locomotive Works was forced to stop shipment of over 100 Decapod 2-10-2 engines originally bound for Czarist Russia. These "orphan" locomotives later found homes with American railroad companies and helped relieve a scarcity of motive power after WWI. They are now part of a new revolution in model train sound realism, equipped with a TCS WOWSound• CD-Quality 16-bit 44,100Hz decoder with Audio Assist. This decoder allows easy configuration without programming CVs as well as a Keep-Alive' device for uninterrupted operation, even over dirty track. It also features Chuffinityw technology for amazingly diverse and realistic chuffs and a WOWSound* steam locomotive sound package that includes bell, whistle, blow down, cylinder cocks, water fill, coupler close/release, brake release and application, grade crossing quill, depot sounds, and more.
Features include:
- DCC sound-equipped for sound, speed, direction, and lighting control
- True CD quality audio in 16-bit 44,100Hz sound
- Keep-Alive device that keeps your engine running during power interruptions due to dirty track or loss of electrical contact
- Voice-guided Audio Assist programming tool for easy set-up of almost all decoder functionality
- Dual-mode NMRA-compliant decoder
- Operating headlights
- Completely hidden drivetrain
- Cog V-belt flywheel drive
- Precision motor
- Precision balanced brass flywheel
- Metal motor bearings
- Separately applied stack, domes, and cab
- Separately applied parts including bell, whistle, pop valves, cut levers, handrails, and stanchions
- Separate sanding lines
- Highly detailed cab interior
- Painted crew figures
- Siderods blackened per prototype
- Die-cast finescale driver spokes
- Tender with all-wheel electrical pickup, detailed coal boards, and metal handrails
- E-Z Mate Mark Il couplers, front and rear
Order Due Date: November 30, 2019
Anticipated Delivery Date: December 2019