Rivet Counter HO Scale EMD SD40-2, Union Pacific/SD40N Rebuild/88" Nose

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• New road numbers
• Era: 2013 to present
• Series 1550 to 2052 (SD40N mixed from various sources); ex-CNW 6816 to 6865, built 2-4/1974
• Road number 1579
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3HAR2 horn with shower caps on riser relocated in center of numberboard housing
  • Large Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) and small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” (Locotrol/EOT) antenna mounted on right side of numberboard housing
• Road number 1972
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3HAR2 horn with shower caps on riser relocated to rear of dynamic brake housing
  • “Whip” antenna mounted on right side of numberboard housing
  • Small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (Locotrol/EOT) mounted on left side of numberboard housing
• Series 1550 to 2052 (SD40N mixed from various sources); ex-UP 3123 to 3172, built 1-2/1972
• Road number 1954
  • Front angled uncoupling lever with welded on closed loop lifting lever and rear straight uncoupling lever with loop handles and four inner mounting brackets
  • Additional small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (Locotrol/EOT) mounted on left side of numberboard housing
  • 4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank sides, vertical breather pipe, modified UP waste retention tank built into rear right side of existing tank
• Road number 1986
  • Front angled and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles and four inner mounting brackets
  • 4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank sides, vertical breather pipe, and waste retention tank on rear of tank
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
• LED-illuminated front and rear pilot face mounted ditch lights**
• LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
• Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
• Dayton-Phoenix 2807000 cab roof mounted HVAC
• Late SP/UP-style pilot plow with grab irons, Rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch baskets
• 3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
• Front angled and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles and four inner mounting brackets
• As-delivered pilot faces with reinforced lifting holes
• Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
• "Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
• Front and rear early small deck extension
• Handrail set with outward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain
• Front and rear standard drop steps
• Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
• 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and angled chain guard
• Round vent retrofitted to right side of low hood
• Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and lift-off hinges 
• Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
• Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
• Dash-2 cab with replacement UP SD40N side window panels
• Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
• Sliding cab side windows
• Tall mirrors mounted fore of cab side windows on both sides of cab
• Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
• Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3HAR2 horn with shower caps on riser relocated to rear of dynamic brake housing
• Whip antenna and small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” (Locotrol/EOT) antenna mounted on right side of numberboard housing
• JEM Communications PTC antenna array cabinet mounted to rear of cab roof, “Whip” antenna mounted on right side of cab numberboard housing
• Accurate hood door and long hood detail
• Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab
• Early “stand-off” ECAFB 
• Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail
• Standard turbo exhaust stack
• Accurately-profiled extended-range dynamic brakes with batten strip
• See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
• “Chicken-wire” radiator intake grilles
• See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
• Curved radiator fan grab iron
• Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
• 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
• Rust-color painted wheelsets
• Dimensionally accurate truck centers
• Speed recorder mounted to first axle on left front
• Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
• Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
• Spare knuckle holders on rear pilot face
• Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
• Sill-mount EFCO
• Frame-mounted steel bell
• Graham-White 975-100 “Twin-Tower” air dryer assembly; retrofitted to rear of air reservoir on fireman’s side
• Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 primary centrifugal air filter (accordion-style)
• Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pick-up
• Directional LED headlights
• Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
• 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” functions
• Two (2) cube-type speakers
• Turbocharged 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:

• Operates on DC layouts
• DCC ready with 21-pin connector

* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC.

** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate.

*** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and change the colors with an appropriately programmed ESU decoder while operating using DCC.

**** “PowerPack” feature is only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout.