Introduction

BLI 7395 HO Scale 4-6-4 Hudson Steam Loco Santa Fe Blue Goose 3460 Hybrid Stealth – DC

The ATSF 3460 class consisted of six “Super Hudson” 4-6-4 steam locomotives built by Baldwin in 1937. One of those, #3460, was the Santa Fe’s only streamlined locomotive. It was painted in a unique light blue and silver paint scheme and gained the name “Blue Goose”. The Blue Goose was delivered to Shopton, Iowa in January 1938, and it pulled many of the Santa Fe’s famed passenger trains until it was retired and scrapped in 1956.

In BLI’s first production run of the Blue Goose, they are offering two models of the early locomotive as it appeared in 1938 and four models of the locomotive as it appeared between 1939 and retirement. The only difference between the two 1938 models is the presence of the road number “3460” on the side of the tender. Each of the four post-1938 model has a unique paint scheme, prototypically accurate for a specific time frame. The most visible detail differences between the early and late Blue Goose versions are the removal of the full skirts and the addition of the scissor smokestack and associated equipment.

All of the models have hand-crafted brass boilers, cabs, and tender bodies, and die cast locomotive and tender chassis.

FEATURES:

• Precision Drive Mechanism engineered for continuous heavy load towing and smooth slow speed operation
• 5-Pole Can Motor with Skew Wound Armature
• Handcrafted Brass Boiler, Cab, and Tender Body, and Heavy Die Cast Chassis for Increased Tractive Effort
• Premium Caliber Painting with Authentic Paint Scheme
• Numberboard Lights, Cab Light, Tender Deck Light, and Rear Emergency Light
• Factory-installed Engineer and Fireman Figures
• Prototypically Accurate Models for As-Delivered and also Post-1938 Appearance
• Many Separately Applied Details such as Handrails, Grab Irons, Ladders, Piping, Cab Glass, Whistle, Brass Bell, Markers, Numberboards, Air Tanks, and Many Others
• Equipped with Rubber Traction Tires for Increased Pulling Power
• Recommended Minimum Radius: 18 inches