8345 EMD F3B, SP 537, Black Widow, No-Sound / DCC-Ready, HO

The EMD F3 is a 1,500 horsepower diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1945 and 1949. The F3 was the third model in EMD's successful F-unit series of cab unit diesels, and it was the second most produced of the series behind the F7. The F3's were widely used in both freight and passenger service, and in total, EMD built more than 1,100 A-units and almost 700 B-units.

In this production, we are modeling A and B-units (where appropriate) from eight railroads with prototypically accurate road numbers and paint schemes. Our Stealth Series offering will consist of No-Sound / DCC-Ready single A-units and single B-units. All of our models have road-specific details.

Road-specific detail options in this production, prototypically accurate for each road name:

• Three pilots options - each included where prototypical

• Nose door with and without headlight

• Horizontal and 45-degree numberboards

• Water fill hatch location varies per road name

• Prototypically accurate filter panel

• Sand fill hatch location

• Dynamic brake hatch style

• Cooling fans and exhaust hatch accurate per each prototype

• Winterization hatch present where prototypically accurate

• Steam generator style

• Four MU door options on front of model

• Ladder rest grab irons present where prototypically accurate

• Grab iron ladder present on NP model

• Eyebrow grab irons present where prototypically accurate

• Grab irons above cab side windows where prototypically accurate

• Roof antenna present and correct where prototypically accurate

• Nose lift lug brackets present on NP and PRR types

• Rear lift lug brackets present on NP and PRR types

• Nose door number plate present on ATSF and SOU models

• Trainphone antenna present on PRR models

Broadway Limited Imports is proud to re-introduce our Stealth Series. Our Stealth Series provides customers with the ability to purchase highly detailed steam and diesel locomotives at a lower price. Stealth Series models are DCC-Ready with a standard MTC21 pin on the DC Motherboard. For more information about Stealth Series models, please see our Products page.