Rivet Counter N Scale GE Tier 4 GEVo ET44AH, CSX/Spirit of Ravenna/#3440 (R3)

Name: Rivet Counter N Scale GE Tier 4 GEVo ET44AH, CSX/Spirit of Ravenna/#3440 (R3)
SKU: 218000
Availability: InStock

Rivet Counter N Scale GE Tier 4 GEVo ET44AH, CSX/Spirit of Ravenna/#3440 (R3) by ScaleTrains.com

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

DCC Equipped

Retail: ~~$209.99~~
OUR SELLING PRICE: $164.99

DCC & Sound Equipped
Retail: ~~$284.99~~
OUR SELLING PRICE: $224.99

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Item Number	Road Number	Control & Sound Options	Our Selling Price	Availability	ETA Date	Quantity
SXT31350	3440	DCC & Sound Equipped	$224.99	Preorder	09/10/2020	- +
SXT31453	3440	DCC Equipped	$164.99	Preorder	09/10/2020	- +
SXT31351	3440	DC/DCC Ready	$129.99	Sold Out	09/10/2020

Product Details

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

CSX/Boxcar Logo ET44AH

3^rd run road numbers (announced November 2019): 3251, 3260

Era: 2015 to present
Series 3250-3374, built 2015
Early production engine cab (long hood) with squared exhaust compartment roofline and separate exhaust stack
Dome antenna array

3^rd run road numbers (announced November 2019): 3400, 3407

Era: 2016 to present
Series 3375-3405, built 2016
Current production engine cab (long hood) with angled exhaust compartment roofline
PTC antenna farm with large Sinclair antennas

All CSX road numbers also include

Front alternating ditch lights
LSL indicator light details on cab sides (non-operating)
Battery charging receptacles on front and rear pilots
Sill-mounted brake stick holder
Sill-mounted tow chain detail
Auxiliary safety latch details on cab sub-base compartment doors
Wide front and rear end handrail profile
Nose door with window
Dual fuel fills per side with rear fill “blanked”
Trucolor main color matches: TCP-289 CSX YN3 Blue, and TCP-290 CSX YN3 Yellow

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 from 2015 onward.

While similar in appearance to previous GE GEVo designs, the Tier 4 models feature 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.

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 nearly 1,000 units built, the Tier 4 units have proven to be popular with nearly all Class I railroads including BNSF Railway, Canadian National, CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. The modern Tier 4 GEVo locomotive is a common site on railroads throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The N Scale Tier 4 GEVo is made under trademark license from General Electric Transportation.