Prototype Information:
Introduced by GE as a competitor to the EMD SD40 and SD40-2, the U23C and U30C locomotive chassis were one of GEs earliest locomotive successes. Nicknamed U-Boats, these units were used in multiple services, pulling coal trains, general freight, and even as a test-power unit for the Department of Transportations subway car experiments in Colorado.
Model Information:
Last produced in 1991, the GE U30C from Kato is being reworked to modern specification, with a redesigned DCC friendly mechanism and a new detailed underframe which allows the locomotive to be fitted with body mounted, fully automatic magnetic knuckle couplers.
Model Features:
- Locomotives feature directional white LED headlights and illuminated preprinted numberboards
- Powerful Kato mechanism powered by a 5-pole flywheel motor and featuring a 9 3/4″ minimum turning radius – great for hauling sets such as the Kato N Mixed Freight Train Set.
- Re-designed body shell to equip the locomotive with body mounted KATO magnetic knuckle couplers.
- DCC friendly and ready for drop in decoder installation.
- Smooth rolling blackened metal wheels.
- Optional untinted clear headlights and numberboards available for using DCC boards with tinted LEDs.
Paint Schemes
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Burlington Northern
BN "Bicentennial"
