N Scale Kato #176-0936 U30C Burlington Northern #5383 

Introduced by GE as a competitor to the EMD SD40 and SD40-2, the U23C and U30C locomotive chassis were one of GE's 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 Transportation's subway car experiments in Colorado.

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.
• 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.