Lionel Legacy Union Pacific FEF-3 #844 (GREY)

Last of the Great Steam Locomotives Between 1937 and 1944, in a series of three classes, Union Pacific received its entire line of 45 Alco-built FEF 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives. Famous for high speed passenger service, these 4-8-4 bullets pulled Union Pacific trains like the Overland Flyer, Portland Rose, and Challenger at speeds as high as 100 mph. Displaced by the arrival of diesel locomotives in the mid 1950's, many FEF steam locomotives quickly "met the cutting torch," while others were reassigned to freight service, where they continued to haul loads at record speeds.
One special Union Pacific Northern still operates today: the legendary #844 FEF-3 4-8- 4. This engine holds the distinguished honor of being the only steamer never retired by a North American Class I railroad, and the last steam locomotive ever built for the Union Pacific. Still used for company and public excursions, it is kept at the Union Pacific engine house in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Now the legendary #844 FEF-3 (Four-Eight- Four, Series 3) locomotive is offered by Lionel. It is made from all-new tooling, and comes equipped with the LEGACY Command Control System,LEGACY RailSounds, and prototypically accurate detailing and decoration. The Lionel FEF-3 locomotive is available in two classic schemes: black with a light graphite smoke box and firebox, or two-tone grey passenger scheme featuring Armour Yellow lettering and striping. Both FEF- 3 locomotives are accurately modeled with dual stacks and "elephant ear" smoke deflectors that reduced smoke flow over the cab, a Worthington SA feedwater heater, and an all-weather enclosed cab with an opening roof hatch. The engine is matched with a prototypical 14-wheel "centipede" oil-firing tender.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Lionel
• LEgacy
• FEF3
• TMCC
• GREY
• UNION
• PACIFIC
• 844
• 4-8-4

[grizzleybearz282004]

hey i wanted to ask you you a bit about the real railroad and model railroading and i see you have a believe to be 3-8-8-4 union pacific bigboy engine is it true i heard one 4-8-8-4 bigboy engine to = just one u.p bigboy steam engine you would need 4 santa fe or nyc F-3 or F-7 diesel engines to pull the same load one bigboy engine can do on its own? i dont know if thats the in the model railroading world but if it is on the real railroad all i can say is WOW thats power!!!

[bigsteam5344]

@grizzleybearz282004 I am not sure if thats true in life you would have to do some math, but i do know in model railroading the big boy might pull more due to the weight of it the engine, which means tractive effort. technically the big boy would pull more i think, unless the ABBA units are all powered then it would be able to pull more. I not sure I would have to personally do that.

[Lego102001]

where can you buy it?

[bigsteam5344]

@Lego102001 You Have to find it. They are scarce. 

[Hurricane423]

I really like your layout. At first, the large smooth stone ballast seemed too toylike to me, but the more I see it, the more I like it. After all, we are playing with toys! Bravo for daring to experiment with different materials, you pulled it off quite nicely.

[bigsteam5344]

@Hurricane423 Thanks.



[grizzleybearz282004]

i love these high end lionel engines this is realy nice i wish lionel would make some of there starter sets that range from $300 to $500 with more and better drive train parts

[packr72]

along with the c&o j3 class, the n&w j class, and the nyc niagara's the up FEF are the finest steam locomotives ever built, to bad they came to late to stop diesels though

[littleevan99]

Hey I've met a guy who drove The actual 844 last year in Manteca, CA.