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Athearn HO ATH86848 DCC/Tsunami 2 Sound Equipped EMD SW1000 Locomotive VIA #203

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Description

Athearn HO ATH86848 DCC/Tsunami 2 Sound Equipped EMD SW1000 Locomotive VIA #203

VIA FEATURES:

  • Sinclair Antenna
  • Roller bearing trucks
  • 600 gallon fuel tank
  • Officially licensed product of Via Rail Canada

In 1987 VIA purchased 3 SW1000’s second hand from Inland Steel in Indiana for use in their yards in their Montréal Maintenance Centre.

SW1000 LOCOMOTIVE NEW FEATURES:

  • Operating ground lights
  • Newly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than before
  • DCC-ready models feature 21-pin plug**
  • DCC & sound models feature Tsunami2 sound with dual cube speakers**
  • LED lighting for long life and reliable operation

SW1000 LOCOMOTIVE STANDARD FEATURES:

  • Lit ground lights
  • Detailed cab interior
  • Drop steps unless noted
  • MU stands
  • Exhaust stack
  • Printed numberboards
  • Fine scale handrails
  • Signal hoses with silver glad hands unless noted
  • Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands
  • Separately applied wire grab irons
  • See through radiator intake grille and cab windows
  • Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype
  • Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate
  • Separately applied Air tank
  • McHenry scale knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible
  • All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
  • All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
  • DCC-ready features Quick Plug plug-and-play technology
  • Improved 5-pole skew wound can motor with flywheels and multi-link drivetrain for with 21-pin NEM connector
  • Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
  • Window packaging for easy viewing
  • Highly-detailed, injection molded body
  • Painted and printed for realistic decoration
  • Fully assembled and ready-to-run
  • Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
  • Minimum radius: 18”

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE

  • Onboard Tsunami2 DCC/Sound decoder
  • Cube Speaker for optimal sound quality
  • Sound units operate in both DC and DCC**
  • Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC**
  • Some functions are limited in DC
  • All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
  • Operating lighting functions with F5 and/or F6, Flashing ditch lights, beacon, etc
  • Excellent low-speed operation
  • Program a multiple unit MU lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
  • Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value CV changes
  • CV chart included in the box

**Lombard Hobbies Recommendation - As modelers ourselves we highly recommend ONLY running DCC on DCC systems and DC on DC systems, regardless of 'Dual-Mode' capability. This gives optimum performance and safeguards the unit from possible damage from running on a different system than originally intended and from any inexperienced operator errors.

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
An EMD SW1000 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower. This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches. Over one-third of SW1000 production went to the Burlington Northern Railroad.

The SW1000 was taller than previous EMD switchers, which posed a problem for industrial customers: at many facilities, tight clearances existed, and the SW1000 exceeded them. As a result, most production went to railroads, not industries.

114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States.

Currently 2 EMD SW1000 units are owned and operated by VIA Rail Canada in the Montreal Maintenance Centre.

Specifications   

DCC:

DCC/Tsunami 2 Sound or DCC Ready 21-Pin NEM as noted

SOUND:

Tsunami 2 Sound or Sound Ready as noted

PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURER:

EMD

Axles:

4

LIGHTED:

LED Lighting

Minimum Age Recommendation:

14 years

Is Assembly Required:

No

 

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