Rivet Counter HO Scale EMD SD40-2, Norfolk Southern/Admiral Cab

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Item Number	Road Number	Control & Sound Options	Our Price	Availability
SXT32827	3205	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32828	3205	DC/DCC Ready	Special Price $122.99 Regular Price $164.99	Sold Out
SXT32829	3211	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32830	3211	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32831	3240	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32832	3240	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32871	3210	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32872	3210	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out

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Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

Era: 2011 to present
Series 3204-3243(broken), rebuilt starting in 2011
All road numbers have unique data labels and placements
Operating Front and rear deck mounted alternating LED ditch lights*
Curry Rail services built "Admiral Cab" design low short hood, cab and sub-base
High front headlight
Juniata Shops designed anticlimbers
Front EMD-style low pilot plow with MU hose doors and grab irons
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
No drop steps
Rectangle walkway lights, mounted between sandbox clean out doors (non-operating)
Tall mirrors mounted fore and aft of cab side windows, both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades and short sunshade tracks
Nathan P5R24 Horn mounted to rear of dynamic brake housing
Large Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) and small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” (Locotrol/EOT) antenna mounted to cab roof
Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab
Early stand-off ECAFB
Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail
Extended-range dynamic brakes with batten strip
“Chicken-wire” radiator intake grilles
See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Straight uncoupling levers with loop handles front and rear and four inner and two outer brackets
Handrails set with front and rear anticlimber
3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
Pilot face mounted MU receptacle
Pilot face mounted battery charging receptacle
Spare knuckle holders on rear pilot face
Dummy MU receptacle pilot face dummy MU receptacle
Notched pilot faces without lifting holes or slots
Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
Sill-mount EFCO
Handbrake relocated to left side of long hood and brake chain mounted to left rear sideframe
Frame-mounted steel bell
Salem air filter (accordion style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers and dual vertical gauges and vertical breather pipe
Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
GE type speed recorder mounted to third axle on left side
Tru-Color Paint match color: body TCP-010 Black

Rivet Counter SD40-2 Locomotives Also Feature

Fullyassembled
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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