Description
Few locomotives say "transition era" like EMD's F-units. Introduced in 1945, the 1,500-hp F3 was the third model in the F-series and the second most produced after the F7 — more than 1,100 A-units and nearly 700 B-units — and it went everywhere, from heavy freight to some of the most famous passenger trains of the day. Broadway Limited brings the F3 back to HO with road-specific pilots, nose doors, numberboards, horns, hatches, grab irons and steam-generator details, each applied where prototypical for the road name.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle's "Hourglass" scheme — the Northwest's answer to the Warbonnet — dressed the road's F3s on the Columbia River route between Portland and Spokane. This is Spokane, Portland & Seattle F3A #801, sold individually.
The Stealth Series version is a No-Sound / DCC-Ready model with the same drive, lighting and detail — a factory-installed speaker and 21-pin decoder interface make it plug-and-play for the aftermarket decoder of your choice.
Model features: ABS body on a diecast chassis for maximum tractive effort · Precision drive engineered for heavy towing and smooth slow-speed running · All-wheel electrical pick-up · Premium-caliber painting with prototypically accurate schemes and road numbers · Separately applied handrails, grab irons, horn, bell, wipers and etched-metal grills · Individually controllable headlight, Mars light (where applicable), numberboards, classification lights and cab light · Metal Kadee-compatible couplers · Runs on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail · Minimum radius 18".
📦 Preorder details:
Expected arrival: Spring 2027 (see the BLI Official Delivery Schedule for the latest dates).
25% deposit required at checkout, balance charged when the product arrives.
Preorder cancellation: 7 days from order date; deposit non-refundable after that.
Browse more from Broadway Limited Imports, see the full BLI HO EMD F3 run and our HO scale collection, or see all preorders. Ships from Oakville, Ontario. Contact us for special orders.