Innovation! Delivery December 2024

Pre-order deadline: 2/26/2024

• Ready for use with DCC (DCC interface)

Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains All-new model Era: 1980s – 1990s Series C&NW 5500-5537; ex-NYC 3010-3049, built Nov/Dec 1965 C&NW 5505 Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-3-LR horn mounted on number board housing Excalibur low-profile “ice skate” communications antenna mounted to cab roof Front EMD low plow with MU hose doors White corner step edges and kickplates “OY” Scheme, “Employee Owned” logo C&NW 5506 Lost-wax cast brass Leslie SU-3L-LR horn mounted on number board housing Excalibur low-profile “ice skate” communications antenna mounted to cab roof Front EMD medium plow without MU hose doors Green walkway duct Green air reservoirs White corner step edges and kickplates “OY” Scheme, “Employee Owned” logo C&NW 5525 Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-3-LR horn mounted on number board housing Excalibur low-profile “ice skate” communications antenna mounted to cab roof Front EMD medium plow without MU hose doors Green walkway duct Green air reservoirs White corner step edges and kickplates “OY” Scheme, “Employee Owned” logo 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 tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets LED-illuminated Tomar 804-1274 Strobe* Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination* 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 and rear straight uncoupling levers with straight rod extensions Notched-corner pilot face with square access plate, front and rear “Early” angled deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles, dual per end, front and rear “Short” stepwells with nub-bottom pilots, front and rear End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions, front and rear Front and rear early small deck extension Positionable tapered (early) drop steps, front and rear Early treadplate 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake Early straight grabs and “flipped” 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 without reinforcement ribs, both sides Single right rear cab step Cab Sub-Base Step Guards Early cab step guards (long taper) No 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, late seats with armrests, and standard AAR control stand Positionable cab side windows “Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement (wide spacing on engineer’s side, low on fireman’s side) Small ECAFB Early (smooth) blower duct housing Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails Standard turbo exhaust stack Early extended-range dynamic brake housing (short tapers), with retrofitted long contactor door See-through 48” standard-height dynamic brake fan housing with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with spiral-grill and center cap Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing Diamond-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, deleted outer brake shoes, and separate swing hanger detail Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at stepwell ends of trucks Rust-color painted wheelsets “Aeroquip” brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to right #2 axle ATC Pickup shoe on #1 axle, right side 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 early mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on right side, and early rear drain bar Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting with hose Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides Separately-applied 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 Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-109 C&NW Green TCP-353 C&NW Early Yellow Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail Packaging safely stores model Minimum radius: 18” Recommended Radius: 22” DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature: Operates on DC layouts DCC-ready with 21-pin connector