Under the reference Rivarossi 2884, here is a beautiful locomotive to Tender type Big Boy in black livery, from the UPR company in analog version for current continuous 2 rails, scale HO 1/87th and period III.
This machine can be digitized thanks to its 21-pin decoder socket, according to NEM 660 standards.
This machine can be digitized thanks to its 21-pin decoder socket, according to NEM 660 standards.
This machine can be digitised thanks to its 21-pin decoder socket, to NEM 660 standards.
It benefits from a 5-pole oblique wound motor, a mounted flywheel and external lights!
A little history:
Twenty-five huge "Big Boys" were built for the Union Pacific Railroad and operated between Ogden, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyo.
Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941 and was retired exactly 20 years later, having covered 1,659,564 km in its 20 years of service.
Union Pacific purchased No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013 and transferred it to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process. It was returned to service in May 2019 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
The manufacturer Rivarossi:
Founded in 1945 by Alessandro Rossi, a miniature train enthusiast, this company was born after the purchase of an electric switch company. With his partner Riva, he quickly transformed this company into the first Italian manufacturer of electric trains, shortly before the Lima company.
The first productions were OO scale AC toys. The first HO 1/87th scale model was the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha train steam locomotive, produced from 1948 to 1954.The company went on to produce Italian models and other networks with, in particular, models of prestigious trains, sleeping cars and American equipment including the famous Big Boy.
The first models were produced in the early 1960s.
In the 1990s, Rivarossi bought the Lima, Arnold and Jouef brands, before being acquired by Hornby in 2004. The brand was retained but production was transferred to China.
