Scale Trains Rivet Counter EMD SD38-2 "GATX" #1244

by ScaleTrains

Item #: SXT41278

489.90

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Notice:
This product is not a toy. Not suitable for children under 14 years.


Innovation! Delivery December 2025

  • with DCC Decoder
  • with Sound

New roadname New paint scheme Era: Late 1980s – Early 1990s Series 1237 to 1245; ex-Reserve Mining 1237 to 1245, built October 1978 GATX 1237, 1243, and 1244 White patch over former “Reserve Mining” hood lettering 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* Operating LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #15430 Gyralite single signal light mounted in low hood, and bracket on hood end* LED-illuminated front and rear tricolor flush-mounted with raised gasket class lights*** Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination* Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch baskets 4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles As-delivered pilot faces with angled lifting slots Pilot face mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles Dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles with cable mounted to pilot faces "Tall" stepwells with see-through steps Front and rear late small deck extension Handrail set with inward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain Front and rear late “fixed” drop steps 88” low short hood with wheel handbrake and round vent on right side Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges Standard EMD headlight in number board housing Dash 2 cab with 11-bolt (top and bottom) window panels and hot water heater louvers on right front Rear cab side vent on left side Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand Sliding cab side windows No mirrors 2-panel all-weather windows mounted on both cab sides No sunshades or sunshade tracks Lost-wax brass cast Leslie Supertyfon RS-3L-R horn on number board housing “Whip” antenna mounted to cab roof Accurate hood door and long hood detail Late welded ECAFB Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail Dual tall exhaust stacks Accurately profiled standard-range dynamic brakes with batten strip See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail Angled Paper Air Filter (PAF) housing Corrugated radiator intake grilles See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside Angled radiator fan grab iron Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details, triple clasp brake shoes, and third brake cylinder Rust-color painted wheelsets Dimensionally accurate truck centers Aeroquip speed recorder mounted to third axle on left front Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HT-C trucks Short jacking pads (late) Sill-mount EFCO Frame-mounted steel bell Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (accordion-style) 3,200-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in right tank side and curved breather pipe Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, 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 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” Two (2) cube-type speakers Non-turbocharged EMD 16 Cylinder 645E3 prime mover ESU designed “PowerPak” with two super capacitors*** Operates on both DC and DCC layouts

shipping weight: 1,320 kg

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Manufacturer: Scale Trains, 4901 Old Tasso Road NE Cleveland, TN 37312, USA, www.scaletrains.com
Imported by: RD-Hobby Modellbahnen, Jaegersburger Str. 17,68649 Gross-Rohrheim, Deutschland, email@RD-Hobby.de