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

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Item Number	Road Number	Control & Sound Options	Our Price	Availability
SXT32819	13009	DCC & Sound Equipped	Special Price $191.99 Regular Price $254.99	Sold Out
SXT32820	13009	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32821	13020	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32822	13020	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32823	13021	DCC & Sound Equipped	Special Price $191.99 Regular Price $254.99	Sold Out
SXT32824	13021	DC/DCC Ready	Special Price $122.99 Regular Price $164.99	Sold Out
SXT32825	13026	DCC & Sound Equipped	Special Price $191.99 Regular Price $254.99	Sold Out
SXT32826	13026	DC/DCC Ready	Special Price $122.99 Regular Price $164.99	Sold Out

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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

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PROTOTYPE HISTORY

In January 1972, Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors would build the first production models of a locomotive design that would prove to be legendary: the SD40-2. The flagship of the “Dash-2” series of 1972, the SD40-2 would build upon the lessons learned from its predecessor, the SD40. While the sixteen-cylinder 645E3 turbocharged prime mover remained the same from its SD40 cousin, the SD40-2 boasted a modular, solid-state electrical system, which featured removable “cards” in place of troublesome relays in its high-voltage cabinet, greatly simplifying electrical troubleshooting and repairs.

Externally, the biggest change was the use of the new HT-C three-axle truck in place of the Flexi-coil C of the SD40. The new truck promised greater adhesion, and was longer than the Flexi-coil C, necessitating an increase of the length of the SD40-2s frame to an overall length of 68’, 10” over the couplers. This also had the effect of giving the SD40-2 its characteristic long walkway “porches” at each end. Other small external improvements, such as longer battery box compartments, rear overhang on the cab roof, and drip rail over the front cab door, added to the list of external differences between it and the SD40.

Domestic production of the SD40-2 continued until July 1984 making it one of EMD’s most popular locomotives of all time. Many remain in service today, both with original owners as well as secondhand operators. Within the last five years, Norfolk Southern and CSX have rebuilt hundreds of SD40-2s to extend their operating life. This will ensure this venerable locomotive’s presence on U.S. rails for decades to come.

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