Rivet Counter HO Scale EMD SD40-2, Santa Fe/Blue & Yellow Warbonnet

Grouped product items
Item Number	Road Number	Control & Sound Options	Our Price	Availability
SXT32795	5126	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32796	5126	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32797	5129	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32798	5129	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32799	5130	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32800	5130	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out
SXT32801	5133	DCC & Sound Equipped	$254.99	Sold Out
SXT32802	5133	DC/DCC Ready	$164.99	Sold Out

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PRODUCT DETAILS

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

Era:1980’s
ATSF Series 5125-5140, built 11-12/80 Phase IIIb2
Road number 5126
- “ATSF-Style” Repaint
- Shape and placement of Santa Fe lettering different than factory EMD lettering
- Data and data placement variations
- Blue stepwell lights
- Blue exhaust silencer
Road number 5129, 5130 and 5133
- As delivered paint scheme
- Shape and placement of Santa Fe lettering different from Santa Fe painted units
- Data and data placement variations
- Silver stepwell lights
- Silver exhaust silencer
Operating LED Prime PM-8901 Stratolite beacon*
Operating LED front tricolor stand-off class lights**
123” “snoot” low short hood with wheel handbrake, stand-off radio compartment access door, and sandbox cleanouts
Vapor Corp. cab roof HVAC
Locotrol antenna ground planes on cab roof with small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antennas and conduit
Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) on ground plane on dust bin
Front EMD-style low pilot plow with MU hose doors and grab irons
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
Narrow “blunt” front anticlimber
Late “fixed” rear drop step
Round front walkway light and rectangle rear walkway light (non-operating)
Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers and stiffener rib
Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
Dash two Cab with welded side window panels
Standard EMD sunshades and short sunshade tracks
Rear cab side vent on left side
Tall mirror mounted fore of cab side window on both sides of cab
Leslie RS-3-LR Horn mounted on number board housing
Late electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, closer to rear of cab
Late welded ECAFB
Late inertial air intake grilles with top and bottom drip rail
"Post 1980" extended-range dynamic brakes with exhaust silencer
Corrugated radiator intake grilles
48" radiator single-speed "Q" Fans with fan blades visible inside
Angled radiator fan grab iron
Straight uncoupling levers with loop handles front and rear and four inner and two outer brackets
Handrail set with anticlimber front and outward facing rear end rail mounting brackets and chain
3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
Pilot face mounted MU receptacle
Notched pilot faces with high angled lifting slots
Short jacking pads (late)
Aft engineer’s side sidesill notch
Tab-mount EFCO
Reward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
Frame-mounted steel bell
Salem air filter (accordion style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge and round gauge on stand
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 third axle right front

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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