Innovation! Delivery August 2027

• with DCC Decoder
• with Sound

Road number 1776 Era: 1974-1976 Series 1765-1789, built 2-70 Phase IIb2 Early (short forward taper) standard-range dynamic brakes Bicentennial paint scheme 81” high short hood Headlight mounted in top of high short hood High bell mounted a top of short hood Leslie RS-5T-R Horn mounted to top of short hood Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted on top of short hood Operating LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket Front and rear MU hose catch trays with footboards Front and rear early small deck extension Pivoting front and rear drop steps “Short” stepwells with see-through steps “Late” pattern walkway treadplate Rectangular walkway lights (non-operating) Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers Latched cab sub-base doors with early hinges Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top “35-Line” cab without center front windshields Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on both sides of cab Small shades No cab vents Standard electrical cabinet seam and bolted alternator door Small ECAFB Early (smooth) blower duct housing Chickenwire-pattern radiator intake grille mesh Photoetched concentric ring grille Short walkway duct with four short stanchions Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with four brackets and pilot face mounted long grabiron Handrail set with pilot face mounted outer end rail stanchions 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands Late deck mounted MU receptacle Short “zig-zag” pilot face Tall jacking pads with holes Tab-mount EFCO button Salem air filter (accordion style) 4,000-gallon fuel tank with single fuel filler, single vertical fuel gauges, and round fuel gauge on both tank sides Detailed Flexicoil (high-mount brake cylinder) trucks with triple clasp brake shoes, Hyatt bearing caps and sanding lines and brackets Speed recorder second axle, left side Rivet Counter SD45 Locomotives Also Feature Fully assembled (except undecorated) Multiple road numbers Printed and LED-lighted number boards Scale sectioned walkway treadplate Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables Accurate hood door and long hood details Inertial air intake grilles without drip rails Separately applied dust bin and exhaust stack Accurately profiled dynamic brake housings See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand Sliding cab windows Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, horns, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type “E” knuckle couplers Directional LED headlights All-wheel drive All-wheel electrical pick-up Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature Dual flywheels Printing and lettering legible even under magnification Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail Packaging safely stores model Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible Minimum radius: 18” Recommended radius: 22” DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature: ESU-LokSound 5 DCC and Sound decoder Two (2) cube-type speakers Accurate GEVO-12 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors*** Operates on both DC and DCC layouts