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Rivet Counter N Scale GE Tier 4 GEVo ET44AC, Norfolk Southern/Horsehead (R3)
With nearly 1,000 units built since 2012, the GE Tier 4 GEVo is owned by nearly every Class I railroad in the U.S. and Canada. Like it’s full-scale counterpart, our N Scale model is evolutionary with railroad and road number specific details. In addition, our locomotive is available with factory installed sound.
DC/DCC Ready
Retail:$164.99
OUR SELLING PRICE: $129.99
Retail:
OUR SELLING PRICE: $129.99
DCC Equipped
Retail: $209.99
OUR SELLING PRICE: $164.99
OUR SELLING PRICE: $164.99
DCC & Sound Equipped
Retail: $284.99
OUR SELLING PRICE: $224.99
Retail:
OUR SELLING PRICE: $224.99
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| Item Number | Road Number | Control & Sound Options | Our Selling Price | Availability | ETA Date | Quantity |
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| SXT32059 | 3606 | DCC & Sound Equipped | $224.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32060 | 3606 | DCC Equipped | $164.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32061 | 3606 | DC/DCC Ready | $129.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32062 | 3655 | DCC & Sound Equipped | $224.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32063 | 3655 | DCC Equipped | $164.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32064 | 3655 | DC/DCC Ready | $129.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32065 | 3661 | DCC & Sound Equipped | $224.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32066 | 3661 | DCC Equipped | $164.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32067 | 3661 | DC/DCC Ready | $129.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32068 | 3672 | DCC & Sound Equipped | $224.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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| SXT32069 | 3672 | DCC Equipped | $164.99 | Sold Out | 08/15/2020 | |
| SXT32070 | 3672 | DC/DCC Ready | $129.99 | Preorder | 08/15/2020 |
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Product Details
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
Norfolk Southern/Horsehead ET44AC
3rd run road numbers (announced November 2019): 3606
- Era: 2017 to present
- JEM Communications PTC antenna farm with Sinclair antennas
- Non-NS standard cab side and rear number board numbers
3rd run road numbers (announced November 2019): 3655, 3661, 3672
- Era: 2017 to present
- JEM Communications PTC antenna farm with Sinclair antennas
- NS standard cab side and rear number board numbers
All Norfolk Southern road numbers also include
- Unique to NS: high (cab) mounted headlight
- Current production engine cab (long hood) with angled exhaust compartment roofline and separate exhaust stack
- Front alternating ditch lights
- Rear anticlimber with operating alternating LED ditch lights
- LSL indicator light details on cab sides (non-operating)
- Battery charging receptacle details on front and rear pilots
- Sill-mounted brake stick holder detail
- Auxiliary safety latch details on cab sub-base compartment doors
- Wide front and rear end handrail profile
Rivet Counter N Scale Tier 4 GEVo ET44 Locomotives Also Feature
- Fully assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Front deck-mounted operating LED ditch lights
- Directional LED headlights
- Printed and LED lighted number boards
- Tread plate on walkways
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow, trainline hoses, 3-hose MU clusters, MU cable, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air tanks, fuel tank mounted electronic bell, brake wheel, exhaust stack, and more
- Nathan AirChime K5HLR2 horn mounted on engine cab roof (unless noted)
- Detailed cab interior
- Tinted cab side windows
- Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and cabling
- 5,300 gallon fuel tank with external waste retention tank (unless noted)
- GE Hi-Ad trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, and axle bearing caps (unless noted)
- Body mounted semi-scale E Type knuckle couplers
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Printing and lettering legible under magnification
- Operates on Code 55, and 80 rail
- Durable packaging safely stores model
- Minimum Radius: 9 ¾”
- Recommended Radius: 11”
DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature
- ESU-LokSound 5 Micro DCC and sound decoder with “Full Throttle and Next18 connector
- “Sugar cube” type speaker
- Accurate GEVO-12 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DCC equipped locomotives also feature
- Next18 motor only decoder
DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature
- DCC ready with Next18 connector
- Operates on DC layouts
Prototype History
Introduced in 2012, General Electric’s Tier 4 GEVo Series represents the latest in diesel-electric locomotive technology. The GE Tier 4 GEVo is designed to meet increasingly stringent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions regulations.
The EPA “Tier” emissions standards are a series, or Tiers, of allowable emissions levels based upon a locomotives’ date of manufacture. The highest and most stringent tier level, Tier 4, sets maximum allowable NOx and hydrocarbon emissions levels for locomotives built for domestic use 2015 onward.
While similar in appearance to previous GE GEVo designs, the Tier 4 models featured a longer frame compared to their predecessors. This allows for a larger radiator “cab” (GE refers to the various sections of the long hood as “cabs”), and a “hump” over the engine cab for advanced exhaust treatment equipment.
Initially, a boxy housing filled the entire roofline on the blue-painted field test/demonstrator units. Due to changes in treatment equipment and clearance issues, the “hump” would decrease in size and shape into a boxy compartment around the exhaust on initial production units. This culminated in an angled compartment surrounding the exhaust manifold on the latest production versions (2016+).
Despite boxier engine cab rooflines and a radically styled radiator cab, the basic Tier 4 design shares a family appearance with GE safety cab-equipped units going back to the DASH-9s of the 1990s. It even includes the same 12-cylinder GEVo-12 series prime mover and 4,400hp as its predecessor model.
The Tier 4 units have proven to be popular with the major railroads including BNSF Railway, Canadian National, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. While GE has settled on a basic carbody design to keep production costs down, there are notable variations and detail differences due to customer specifications.
With many units built for railroads across the US and in Canada, the Tier 4 GEVo can be seen operating nationwide in a variety of assignments
The HO Scale Tier 4 GEVo is made under trademark license from General Electric Transportation.
Rivet Counter N Scale GE Tier 4 GEVo ET44AC, Norfolk Southern/Horsehead (R3)
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