Never removed from its sleeve. This is turbine engine Engine #1. With sound and DCC already installed. N Scale Scaletrains rivet counter GTEL 8500 Horsepower Turbine #1 DCC/SOUND. These are the hallmarks of the Union Pacific Railroad's unique GTEL 8500 Horsepower Turbine locomotives.
Often called "Big Blows" because of their deafening noise, they roamed the less populated landscape between Council Bluffs, IA and Ogden, UT. 30 three unit sets were built between 1958 and 1961 and all were retired by the early 1970s. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Model Railroads & Trains\Railroads & Trains\Locomotives". The seller is "guanotwojames" and is located in this country: US.