WalthersProto 920-40924 HO EMD F7B, ESU LokSound, Santa Fe #308A

WalthersProto HO EMD F7B, ESU LokSound, Santa Fe #308A

Walthers Item #: 920-40924

No other F-units captured the spirit of passenger service like Santa Fe's vast fleet. Emblazoned with the road's signature Warbonnet scheme, they held premiere assignments from the late 1940s on, and some served with Amtrak!

Construction of the last order for passenger service F7s began in December of 1952 with #306LAB, and continued through March of 1953, when #314LAB was completed. Delivered as matched A-B-B sets, each came with a 48" dynamic brake fan and vertical grilles, but only B units carried steam generators. As the years and miles added up, fuel tank skirts were cut down, and additional grab irons were installed among other modifications, but the most significant change came in the 1960s when they began running as individual units, but still in A-B-B-A lash-ups. As the years passed and the miles began adding up, it became increasingly common to see five units up front, with a random arrangement of A and B units spliced in behind the lead engine.

Perfect power for the combined late 1960s Super Chief / El Capitan and other Santa Fe streamliners, these layout-ready replicas come with all the standard WalthersProto features including:

• Based on Phase II units #306LAB - #314LAB in service from the 1950s to 1970s


• Available with ESU LokSound 5 Sound & DCC for DCC and DC layouts


• Five-Pole, skew-wound high-efficiency can motor


• Helical gears with 14:1 ratio for smooth, ultra-quiet running


• Easy multiple-unit operation


• Superb paint and lettering with real metal and painted finish


• Heavy die-cast metal underframe


• Proto MAX™ metal knuckle couplers

Era-specific features include:

• Five-chime air horn offset to engineer's side


• Rear-mount firecracker radio antenna


• Working Mars light on A Units


• Steam generator detail on B units


• Cut-down fuel tank skirts


• 48" dynamic brake fan


• Eyebrow grab irons above windshield


• Grab irons on and over engineer's side of nose


• Nose-mounted lifting lugs alongside door


• Vertical grilles and louvers


• Nose MU door (printed for scale thickness)