ScaleTrains Rivet Counter N SXT39398 DCC Ready EMD SD40-2 Locomotive Milwaukee Road 'Billboard Lettering' MILW #179

Description

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ScaleTrains Rivet Counter N SXT39398 DCC Ready EMD SD40-2 Locomotive

Milwaukee Road 'Billboard Lettering' MILW #179

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• New roadname 
• Era: 1973 to 1985
• Series 171 to 181; Built July 1973
  • Billboard lettering
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Class lights (non-operating)
• Prime PM-8901 Stratolite beacon (non-operating)
• Printed and LED-illuminated number boards*
• Side-mounted steel bell behind the cab on the fireman’s side
• 3,200-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank (right side only) and angled breather pipe
• Front EMD-style low pilot plow with grab irons and without multiple unit (MU) hose doors
• Rear EMD-style “weedcutter” low pilot plow
• 4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Body mounted knuckle couplers; Micro-Trains compatible
• Coupler box accepts Micro-Trains 1015/1016 couplers without modification
• Straight uncoupling levers with loop handles front and rear and two inner and two outer mounting brackets
• Notched pilot faces with reinforced lifting holes
• Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacle
• "Tall" stepwells 
• Front and rear early small deck extension
• Handrail set with solid end rails
• No drop steps
• Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
• Rectangle walkway lights mounted between sandbox clean out doors (non-operating)
• 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and angled chain guard
• Bolted battery box doors with narrow louvers
• Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
• Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight in number board housing
• Dash two cab with bolted side window panels
• Detailed cab interior with floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
• Forward cab side vent on right side
• Tall mirror mounted fore of cab side window on left side of cab
• All-weather window mounted on right cab side
• No sunshades or sunshade tracks
• Lost wax brass cast Leslie RS-3-LR horn mounted on number board housing
• “Whip” antenna mounted to center of cab roof
• Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab
• Early “stand-off” ECAFB 
• Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails 
• Standard turbo exhaust stack
• Accurately profiled standard-range dynamic brakes with batten strip
• “Chicken-wire” radiator intake grilles
• See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
• Curved radiator fan grab iron
• Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
• Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets
• Speed recorder mounted to first axle left front
• Reward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
• Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
• Spare knuckle holders on fuel tank near fuel filler
• Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
• Sill-mount EFCO
• Salem air filter (accordion style)
• Factory-applied wire grab irons, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, and more
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pick-up
• Directional LED headlights
• Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
• Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-011 Black and TCP-111 Milw Orange
• Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail
• Packaging safely stores model
• Minimum radius: 9 3/4”
• Recommended radius: 11”

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature

• ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle”**
• One (1) cube-type speaker
• EMD 16 Cylinder 645E3 prime mover
• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts**

DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature

• Operates on DC layouts**
• DCC ready with E24 connector

* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC

**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

In January 1972, Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors would build the first production models of a locomotive design that would prove to be legendary: the SD40-2. The flagship of the “Dash-2” series of 1972, the SD40-2 would build upon the lessons learned from its predecessor, the SD40. While the sixteen-cylinder 645E3 turbocharged prime mover remained the same from its SD40 cousin, the SD40-2 boasted a modular, solid-state electrical system, which featured removable “cards” in place of troublesome relays in its high-voltage cabinet, greatly simplifying electrical troubleshooting and repairs.

Externally, the biggest change was the use of the new HT-C three-axle truck in place of the Flexi-coil C of the SD40. The new truck promised greater adhesion, and was longer than the Flexi-coil C, necessitating an increase of the length of the SD40-2s frame to an overall length of 68’, 10” over the couplers. This also had the effect of giving the SD40-2 its characteristic long walkway “porches” at each end. Other small external improvements, such as longer battery box compartments, rear overhang on the cab roof, and drip rail over the front cab door, added to the list of external differences between it and the SD40.

Domestic production of the SD40-2 continued until July 1984, making it one of EMDs most popular locomotives of all time. Many remain in service today, both with original owners, as well as secondhand operators. Within the past decade, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have rebuilt hundreds of SD40-2s to extend their operating lives. This will ensure this venerable locomotive’s presence on U.S. rails for decades to come.

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