The latest in passenger rail technology has arrived at VIA Rail Canada™ with the Siemens SCV-42 Charger locomotive and Venture series passenger cars. Designed to handle harsh Canadian winters while maintaining efficiency and comfort for fast corridor service, the SCV-42 and Venture series train sets are the new face of passenger transportation between major cities in eastern Canada including Windsor, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. Bachmann's Charger models have been developed in collaboration with Siemens Mobility, using original design documentation and prototype field recordings for maximum realism.

Features include:

• New tooling designed from original Siemens documentation to ensure prototypical accuracy.
  
• Keep-Alive® device that keeps your engine running during power interruptions due to dirty track or loss of electrical contact.
  
• DCC sound-equipped for sound, speed, direction, and lighting control.
  
• TCS WOWSound® true CD-quality audio in 16-bit 44,100Hz sound.
  
• Voice-guided Audio Assist® programming tool for easy set-up of almost all decoder functionality.
  
• Fully remappable light functions include ditch lights, auxiliary light, markers, lighted number boards, and directional headlights with Rule 17 dimming.
  
• Dual-mode NMRA-compliant decoder.
  
• Precision motor.
  
• Die-cast frame.
  
• Highly detailed painted body with precision graphics.
  
• Clear engine compartment windows with simulated interior details.
  
• Directional headlights, auxiliary light, marker lights, interior corridor light, and ditch lights.
  
• Separately applied metal handrails and grab irons, and detailed blackened metal wheels with RP25 contours.
  
• Separately applied plastic details include horns, brake hoses, MU cables, windshield wipers, antennas, and mirrors
  
• Detailed cab interior and clear windows.
  
• See-through trucks with detailed sideframes.
  
• Magnetically operated E-Z Mate® Mark II couplers on both ends.
  
• Performs best on 22” radius curves or better.
  
• Canadian-specific passenger announcements and emergency horn.
  
• Prototypical low speed and high speed horn sounds, responding to set locomotive speed.
  
• Product Measurements: L 9 in., W 1.5 in., H 2 in.