O Gauge RailKing MTH LIONEL 4-8-4 Imperial Northern Steam

O Gauge RailKing 4-8-4 Imperial Northern Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 Intricately Detailed, Die-Cast Boiler and Chassis

Intricately Detailed, Die-Cast Tender Body

Authentic Paint Scheme

Real Tender Coal Load

Die-Cast Locomotive Trucks

Handpainted Engineer and Fireman Figures

Painted Cab Backhead Gauges

Metal Handrails, Whiste and Bell

Tender Truck Chains

Metal Wheels and Axles

Remote-Controlled Proto-Coupler

Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting

Operating Tender LED Back-up Light

Powerful Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor

Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System

Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

Wireless Drawbar

Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder

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 Steam DCC Features

F0 Head/Tail light

F1 Bell

F2 Horn

F3 Start-up/Shut-down

F4 PFA

F5 Lights (except head/tail)

F6 Master Volume

F7 Front Coupler

F8 Rear Coupler

F9 Forward Signal

F10 Reverse Signal

F11 Grade Crossing

F12 Smoke On/Off

F13 Smoke Volume

F14 Idle Sequence 3

F15 Idle Sequence 2

F16 Idle Sequence 1

F17 Extended Start-up

F18 Extended Shut-down

F19 Labor Chuff

F20 Drift Chuff

F21 One Shot Doppler

F22 Coupler Slack

F23 Coupler Close

F24 Single Horn Blast

F25 Engine Sounds

F26 Brake Sounds

F27 Cab Chatter

F28 Feature Reset


The heaviest straight passenger locomotive ever produced, the famous Santa Fe 4-8-4 Northerns epitomized steam power. The steeply graded western lines of the Santa Fe required a locomotive with enormous power, and the Northern was the answer. 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 equipped with Proto-Sound 3.0 and its unmatched, industry-leading features. The Santa Fe 2900-class weighed in at a massive 510,150lbs - 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.