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ScaleTrains Rivet Counter HO SXT40230 DCC Ready EMD GP40 Phase IIc Western Pacific without Front Pilot Stripes WP #3530
- In Stock:
- 3
- Scale:
- HO
- SKU:
- SXT40230
Description
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ScaleTrains Rivet Counter HO SXT40230 DCC Ready EMD GP40 Phase IIc
Western Pacific without Front Pilot Stripes WP #3530
Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
- All-new model
- Era: 1970s
- Series WP 3527-3544, built 8-9/1971
- Road number WP 3530
- Wrecked and repaired shortly after delivery, but repainted without orange pilot-face stripes
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
- LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
- LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light (clear and red lenses) mounted in low short hood*
- LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
- Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
- Tall “Western” style pilot plow with grab irons on front, and rear “late” MU hose catch box with “Morton” round-hole footboards
- 3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
- Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Front angled uncoupling lever without loop handles, and rear straight uncoupling lever without loop handles
- Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
- Full-width grab iron above uncoupling lever on front and rear pilot faces
- “Late” tall deck-mounted multiple-unit (MU) receptacles, front and rear
- “Tall” stepwells with “zig-zag” pilots, front and rear
- End handrails with deck-mounted stanchions, front and rear
- Front and rear early small deck extension
- Positionable straight (late) drop steps, front and rear
- Late treadplate
- 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
- Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
- Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and tab-style (early) hinges
- Early cab sub-base doors with non-terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
- Dual right rear cab steps
- Late cab step guards (short taper)
- Hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
- Standard EMD high headlight with glare visors in numberboard housing
- “35-Line” cab with standard front windshields, and standard armrests, both sides
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, early seats, and standard AAR control stand
- Positionable cab side windows
- Tall mirror mounted ahead of cab window, fireman’s side
- Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
- Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime M5 (M5R24) horn mounted on number board housing
- Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted to cab roof
- Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and late inertial drain hole placement (close spacing on engineer’s side, high on fireman’s side)
- Small ECAFB
- Late (ribbed) blower duct housing
- Late long handrail stanchion spacing with all “tall” stanchions overall
- Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
- Standard turbo exhaust stack
- Late standard-range dynamic brake housing (long tapers), with rectangular vent
- See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
- Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
- Rectangular-mesh radiator intake screening
- See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
- Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
- Curved radiator fan grab iron
- Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight and standard housing
- Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
- Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
- Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
- Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at both ends of trucks
- Rust-color painted wheelsets
- “Aeroquip” brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
- Standard 4 jacking pads
- Frame-mounted bell
- Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
- Separately-applied brake vent regulator valve and plumbing detail on underbody
- 3600-gallon fuel tank with late mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on both sides, and early rear drain bar
- Separately-applied:
- Fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
- Engine oil sump drain fitting with hose
- Radiator water drain fitting on underbody
- Truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
- Wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
- Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED-illuminated headlights
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended Radius: 22”
DCC & sound-equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” functions
- Two (2) cube-type speakers
- Turbocharged EMD 16-645 prime mover sounds
- ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts*****
DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:
- Operates on DC layouts*****
- DCC-ready with 21-pin connector
Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate
Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and changing colors an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
PowerPack” feature only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout*****
*****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 History:
Improving upon its predecessor, the GP35, the GP40 would go on to be one of EMDs best-sellers of the “1966-series”, with over 1,200 examples sold to railroads in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from 1966 to 1971. Many examples are still in service today working in local service on Class I Railroads, or on shortline and regional rosters.
Western Pacific Railroad would acquire a sizable fleet of 44 units, with initial orders sporting large Pyle-National “barrel” headlights front and rear, along with their attractive orange and silver “Zephyr” paint scheme. Later deliveries would do away with that bright livery in favor of the “Perlman” scheme of dark green with orange chevron striping front and rear. These units would settle into a routine on the “Wobbly” alongside the rest of the roads’ fleet, which was exclusively 4-axle, before joining merger partner Union Pacific’s roster in 1982.
While GP40s on the mainline are a rare sight today, many are still out there putting in a solid day’s work, either for successor railroads such as BNSF and UP, or for the many shortlines and regionals that snapped up secondhand GP40s, in either original or rebuilt configurations. From the humble beginnings of a somber all-black demo, came one of EMD’s most popular 4-axle designs.
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