Rivet Counter HO Scale EMD SD40-2, NdeM/Two Tone Blue

The Rivet Counter series SD40-2 is the definitive HO Scale model of EMD’s best-selling diesel locomotive. Our model combines smooth operating performance with unparalleled railroad, road number, and era specific details. Even though the first SD40-2s were first built nearly half a century ago, several continue in service today.

Run: 7

Announced: Mar 4, 2021

Arrived: Nov 29, 2021

DCC & Sound Equipped Retail: $319.99 DC/DCC Ready Retail: $204.99

See below for your price

In stock

SKU

RCHOSD402-NDEM7

Skip to the end of the images gallery

Skip to the beginning of the images gallery

Grouped product items
Item Number	Road Number	Control & Sound Options	Our Price	Availability	Quantity
SXT32819	13009	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32820	13009	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32821	13020	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32822	13020	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32823	13021	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32824	13021	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32825	13026	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit
SXT32826	13026	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out	Notify Me If Available × *Please enter your email address to receive notification if stock becomes available. Inventory will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This field is required Please enter a valid E-mail Submit

Add to Wish List

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

PRODUCT DETAILS

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

Era: 1987 to 1998
Series 13009-13030, built 1972, rebuilt 1987 by Morris Knudsen, Phase 1a1
Road number 13009, ex-Milwaukee Road 3019/149
- “Tarjeteros” on sloped section of cab roof
Road number 13020, ex-Milwaukee Road 3038/1168; 13021 ex-Milwaukee Road 3023/153; 13026 ex-Milwaukee Road 3027/142
- No “Tarjeteros” on sloped section of cab roof
Operating LED tricolor front and rear flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket**
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
Front and rear early small deck extension
Front and rear retrofitted “fixed” drop steps
Rectangle walkway lights, mounted between sandbox clean out doors (non-operating)
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and angled chain guard
Bolted battery box doors with narrow louvers
Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
Dash two Cab with bolted side window panels
No sunshades or sunshade tracks
Tall clear wind wings with mirror at bottom mounted fore of cab side window, both sides of cab
Leslie RS-3-LR Horn mounted on number board housing
“Whip” antenna mounted to center of cab roof
Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab
Early stand-off ECAFB
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Extended-range dynamic brakes with batten strip
“Chicken-wire” radiator intake grilles
See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
Angled radiator fan grab iron
Straight uncoupling levers with loop handles front and rear and two inner and two outer brackets
Handrail set with inward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain
3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
Deck mounted MU receptacle
Notched pilot faces with reinforced lifting holes
Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
Sill-mount EFCO
Reward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
Side-mounted steel bell behind the cab on the fireman’s side
Salem air filter (accordion style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauges, round gauges in tank sides and vertical breather pipe
Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, late center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
Speed recorder mounted to first axle left front

Rivet Counter SD40-2 Locomotives Also Feature

Fully assembled
Multiple road numbers
Printed and LED lighted number boards
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
Scale sectioned treadplate detail on the walkways
Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
Accurate hood door and long hood detail
Accurately profiled dynamic brake housings
See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
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, snowplows, horns, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with ScaleTrains.com durable metal semi-scale E Type 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
Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
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” feature
Dual cube-type speakers
EMD 16 Cylinder 645E3 prime mover
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts

DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:

Operable using a DC power pack
DCC-ready with 21-pin connector

* These features only function with an ESU DCC decoder installed while operating in DCC

** During DC operation, class lights illuminate in white. Access to other colors and the ability to change colors requires an ESU DCC decoder while operating in DCC

***“PowerPack” feature only compatible with ESU decoders while operating on a DCC layout

PRODUCT VIDEOS

PROTOTYPE HISTORY

PRODUCT SUPPORT

Museum Quality

Rivet Counter

Fox Valley Models

Operator

Rivet Counter

ExactRail

Fox Valley Models

Operator

Kit Classics

ExactRail Inventory

Fox Valley Models

Containers

DCC & PARTS

Accessories

Gear

Rivet Counter

Operator

Rivet Counter

ExactRail

Fox Valley Models

Containers

DCC & Parts

Lubricants

Gear

S-Helper

Rivet Counter HO Scale EMD SD40-2, NdeM/Two Tone Blue

Community

Store Finder

Stay Connected

Acquisitions

Account

Company

Policies