When I originally reviewed Walthers’
Super Chief train back in November 2004’s Model Railroad News, Walthers didn’t have an HO-scale F-unit to head the train, so the company had Athearn make examples for its line. Those At- hearn-made A-units bear road number 47 — the last of the F3s purchased by Santa Fe. Walthers likes to deal in qual- ity products, and this new Phase III- modernized number 47 has been a well-
behaved and oft-run model during my evaluation. I like this new Walthers Pro- to model even better. The SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder heads the list of rea- sons why, though the model’s tooling and drive deserve a nice chunk of credit too. These new Walthers Proto Long Bon-
nets each pull about three ounces. I set up an eight-car Super Chief for testing, and either unit could pull the train without any problems. Both to-
gether can tackle some serious grades with this same consist. This is a lim- ited release, so get in your order be- fore they run out! The pair of F3s with factory-installed DCC and sound re- tail for $529.98. — JOHN SIPPLE
Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. 5601 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 800-487-2467
www.walthers.com
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