Innovation! Delivery February 2025

Pre-order deadline: 6/24/2024

• Ready for use with DCC (DCC interface)

New road numbers Era: late 1970s to mid 1980s Rio Grande series 5356 to 5373, built 7-8:1975 Fully-assembled Multiple road numbers LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive* LED-illuminated-illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct* LED-illuminated Mars SBW-2-301 signal light in low short hood* LED-illuminated front and rear stand-off tri-color class lights** Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination* Directional LED headlights Yellow “Straddle” type re-rail frogs Front EMD-style low pilot plow with MU hose doors and grab irons Front and rear 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands Front early small deck extension Early front drop step (pivoting) Front "tall" stepwells with see-through steps and rear “ladder” steps 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and straight chain guard Bolted battery box doors with narrow louvers Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges Standard EMD headlight in numberboard housing Dash-2 cab with bolted side window panels and D&RGW blue flag bracket Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand Original cab front door Sliding cab side windows Standard Mirror mounted fore of cab side windows, both sides Rear cab side vent on right side Standard EMD sunshades and long sunshade tracks Lost-wax brass Nathan M3R1 (“M-3”) three-chime horn, center rear of number board housing Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) mounted on cab roof Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab Stand-off ECAFB (early) Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail Extended-range dynamic brake Front straight uncoupling levers with loop handles and two inner and two outer mounting brackets Straight rear uncoupling lever with four mounting brackets Handrail set with outward facing end rail mounting brackets, rear anticlimber and chain Handrail ends and step faces painted white Front and rear 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with ScaleTrains.com durable metal semi-scale E Type knuckle couplers Notched pilot faces with low mounted angled lifting slots Deck-mounted MU receptacle "Tall" stepwells with see-through steps Front early small deck extension rear full-width front pilot anticlimber Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways Accurate hood door and long hood detail Standard turbo exhaust stack See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail See-through standard 48” dynamic brake fan housings with fan blades visible inside Detailed see-through radiator intake compartment with front and rear bulkheads, floor treadplate, and fan motor detail Etched-metal radiator exhaust grills with radiator shutters visible underneath Separate 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 (outboard only), and D-77 traction motor and air duct details Dimensionally accurate truck centers Speed recorder third axle, right side Forward facing handbrake chain mount for Flexicoil trucks Tall jacking pads with holes (early) Sill-mounted EFCO Frame-mounted bell Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (accordion-style) Air tanks with fluid drain pipes on sides of fuel tank 4,000 gallon fuel tank with reinforced tank edges where sides meet the tank ends, dual fuel fillers, dual vertical gauges, round gauge on stand and vertical breather pipe ACI labels mounted on plates attached to handrail stanchions Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature Dual flywheels All-wheel drive All-wheel electrical pick-up 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” DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature: Operable using a DC power pack DCC ready with 21-pin connector