General Electric U50 demostrator #5000

General Electric U50 demostrator #5000

Our Legendary Liveries series seeks to explore the “what if” questions that some folks like to indulge in. In the early 1960’s GE sent their U25B’s out on demonstration tours around the country in their attractive red and white paint scheme. So, we wondered what if they had done the same thing with the U50? We think that the scheme looks rather striking on this massive beast of a locomotive. So, is your railroad interested in maybe jumping into the horsepower race?

• Beacon (Flash function in DCC only)
• Classification lights (Function in DCC only)
• Working Truck lights
• Number board lights
• Separate see-through air intake grills
• MU hoses
• Illuminated truck lights
• Illuminated classification lights
• Illuminated number boards
• See-through air intakes
• 4-cube speakers
• Minimum radius: 18” — Recommended radius: 22”
• Coupler cut levers
• MU hoses
• Trainline hose
• See-through cab windows
• Full cab interior
• Walkway tread
• Windshield wipers
• Wire grab irons
• DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
• Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
• Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
• Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• LED Lighting for trouble free operation
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run Packaging securely holds the model for safe storage