ScaleTrains Rivet Counter N SXT32573 DCC Ready GE DASH 9-40C Norfolk Southern 'Thoroughbred' NS #8888

ScaleTrains Rivet Counter N SXT32573 DCC Ready GE DASH 9-40C Norfolk Southern 'Thoroughbred' NS #8888

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

NS - Norfolk Southern - Thoroughbred Scheme 'Top Hat'

Era:1995 to mid 2010s

Series 8764-8888, built 1-4/1995

• Also known as a C40-9 and ‘Top Hat’
• Fully assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• GE spartan cab with rooftop A/C unit, cab-face condensation drain line, and late flat-top low hood
• Operating front and rear deck-mounted alternating LED ditch lights*
• Printed and LED lighted number boards
• Tall snowplow with openings for MU hoses
• 4-step stepwells
• GE ‘nub’ pattern walkway tread
• Detailed cab interior with floor, rear wall, seats, and desktop
• Dual Motorola ASP-16 ‘Firecracker’ antennas mounted on clean air cab roof
• Early ‘curved’ engine cab profile
• Dayton Phoenix ‘DPG’ HVAC
• Lost-wax brass Nathan AirChime K5LAR24 horn mounted on engine cab
• Early flanged exhaust stack housing
• ‘Bathtub’ exhaust silencer
• High-mounted rear sandfiller
• Early lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings
• Rear anticlimber
• Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
• GE Hi-Ad trucks with non-cantilevered struts on all four sideframes
• 5,000-gallon fuel tank
• Separate air tanks with upper mounting brackets
• Fuel tank mounted steel bell
• Single fuel fills per side
• Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, trainline hoses, 3-hose MU clusters, MU cable, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, brake wheel, and more
• Semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers – Micro-Trains compatible
• Body mounted coupler box – accepts Micro-Trains 1015/1016 type couplers
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pick-up
• Directional LED headlights
• Printing and lettering legible under magnification
• Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail
• Durable packaging safely stores model
• Minimum Radius: 9 ¾ inches
• Recommended Radius: 11 inches or greater

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:

• ESU-LokSound 5 Micro DCC and sound decoder with ‘Full Throttle’
• Cube-type speaker
• Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more*
• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts

DC/DCC ready locomotives also feature:

• Operates on DC layouts**
• DCC ready with Next18 connector

* Not all sound and lighting functions on DCC and sound equipped versions are operable using DC

**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.

History

General Electric’s C44-9W demonstrator unit made its debut in 1993. Similar at first glance to predecessor models like the C40-8 and C40-8W, the Dash-9 series featured a few notable physical differences. Built on a slightly longer platform that allowed for a massive 5,000 gallon fuel tank, Dash-9s also featured thicker radiator wings at the rear of the carbody. This is usually the quickest way to differentiate them from previous models. Due to its long production span and customer options, small detail differences could be noted between various customer orders. This includes changes with HVAC system vendors - the large A/C box behind the cab on the conductors side, engine cab profile, radiator lifting lugs, hood end, trucks, fuel tank, stepwells, operator’s cab, and even handrail profiles.

The C44-9W proved to be extremely popular over its production span with over 3,500 locomotives being sold new to ATSF, BC Rail, BNSF, CN, C&NW, NS with 100 spartan cab equipped versions, QNS&L, SP, and UP.

The Dash-9 series remained in production until the early 2000s when it was superseded by GE’s Evolution Series ES40/44-series models. Built over a long timeframe, and proving to be a solid, upgradeable platform, the C44-9W family of locomotives including rebuilds is sure to remain a fixture on today’s railroads for the foreseeable future.

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