The first Northerns were delivered from Baldwin in 1927. By the 1940s, the new oil-burning 2900 series had arrived and were known as the largest 4-8-4s ever built. With their tremendous sixteen wheel tenders, these Northerns measured over 120 feet long and were often rostered for the entire journey from Chicago to Los Angeles, a distance of over 1,700 miles!

Modeled after the Santa Fe 2900-class Northerns, these beautiful and powerful RailKing models are available in the markings of the Santa Fe with its prototypical oil tender and Milwuakee Road, Reading and Northern Pacific with a traditional coal tender - featuring real coal!

Did You Know?

The Santa Fe 2900-class weighed in at a massive 510,150 - the heaviest Northerns ever built - because the war effort caused a scarcity of lighter weight materials when these 4-8-4s were built in 1944.

Features:

• Die-Cast Metal Chassis
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Metal Handrails and Decorative Bell
• Decorative Metal Whistle
• Operating Marker Lights
• Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body
• Constant Voltage Headlight
• Die-Cast Truck Sides
• Colorful Paint Scheme
• Remote Controlled Proto-Couplerr
• Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoker System
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• Engineer Cab Figure
• Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring: Passenger Station Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures:24 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
• Operates On O-31 Curves