Rivet Counter HO Scale GE AC44C4M, BNSF/Heritage III/PTC

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• All-new model
• Era: 2017 to present
• Series 599 to 619; ex-ATSF C44-9W 600 to 619 and 666, built 2-3/1994 and 9/1994
• Road number 601; ex-ATSF 601
  • Flat-stamped brake wheel
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab with right mounted #1 bell
  • Short and wide plow with no doors, flanged coupler opening and curved polygonal corners
  • Dual Linkup International antenna cabinets and center-mounted antenna dome PTC array
• Road number 605; ex-ATSF 605
  • Convex stamped brake wheel
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab with right mounted #1 bell
  • Short and wide plow with no doors, flanged coupler opening and notched corners
  • STI-CO dual track antennas and center-mounted antenna dome PTC array
• Road number 608; ex-ATSF 608
  • Flat-stamped brake wheel
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab with center mounted #1 bell and right mounted #2 bell
  • Short and wide plow with no doors, flanged coupler opening and notched corners
  • STI-CO dual track antennas and center-mounted antenna dome PTC array
• Road number 610; ex-ATSF 610
  • Flat-stamped brake wheel
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab with left mounted #1 bell
  • Short and wide plow with no doors, flanged coupler opening and notched corners
  • Dual Linkup International antenna cabinets and center-mounted antenna dome PTC array
• Road number 617; ex-ATSF 617
  • Flat-stamped brake wheel
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab with center mounted #1 bell and left mounted #2 bell
  • Short and wide plow with no doors, flanged coupler opening and notched corners
  • Dual Linkup International antenna cabinets and center-mounted antenna dome PTC array
• Road number 619; ex-ATSF 619
  • Flat-stamped brake wheel
  • Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HLR245 horn mounted on engine cab
  • Short and wide plow with no doors, flanged coupler opening and notched corners
  • STI-CO dual track antennas and center-mounted antenna dome PTC array
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
• Operating LED-illuminated front deck-mounted ditch lights**
• Operating LED-illuminated front, rear, and side walkway lights*
• Printed high-mount cab number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
• Directional LED-illuminated headlights
• Semi-scale GE type coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers, painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of couplers in service
• Inside loop uncoupling levers with down brackets
• 4-step stepwells with see-through steps
• Early - Tapered stepwell corner profile
• Walkway with front anticlimbers
• GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
• Wide profile end handrails
• Front low (cab) mounted headlight 
• Left side nose door with window; security padlock with hasp
• One-piece nose top grab irons
• Right side cab under floor access doors: 17 louver panels per door and circular style latches
• Left side cab under floor access doors: bolted X-panel with square punched screen HVAC unit
• Late - Rearward placed cab heater vent
• Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation
• In-cab grade crossing camera
• Tinted cab side windows
• Tall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
• Inverter Cabinet with Bolted and hinged access door, top two X panels same size, three lower X panels with 4 - 6 - 4 Bolt Pattern
• Continuous reinforcement rib under dynamic brake intake grilles
• High-capacity dynamic brake exhaust (2-port)
• Rearward right-side air intake grille
• Left side auxiliary cab: 3 short doors with latches on the #2 door and narrow auxiliary cab filter box door
• Right side auxiliary cab: four (4) doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors
• Dual lifting lugs mounted to sides of clean air cab joint
• Early (round) engine cab roof profile
• Early (thin handle) engine compartment door latches
• Low-mounted lift rings on engine cab power assembly doors
• Three door latches per side on exhaust cab doors
• Early flanged exhaust stack housing
• 26 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
• Right side late radiator door grilles in even heights
• Left rear hood door grille arrangement: short, short, short grilles
• High-mounted rear sand fill
• Early “box” lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings 
• Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
• “C4” A-1-A trucks with idler center axle
• Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelset in service
• No speed recorder
• Graham-White 975-100 series air dryer
• Dual Graham-White (Salem) 824 air filters
• 5,000-gallon fuel tank with vertical weld seam
• Single fuel fills per side
• Round and vertical analog fuel gauges; digital fuel gauges
• Fuel tank-mounted steel bell
• Curved handbrake chain bracket
• Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face
• Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, and more
• Motor with 5-pole, skew-wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up
• Printing and lettering legible under magnification
• Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
• Packaging safely stores the model
• Minimum Radius: 18”
• Recommended Radius: 22”

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:

• ESU LokSound™ 5 DCC and Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” Functions
• Two (2) cube-type speakers
• Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
• ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super-capacitors***
• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts

DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:

• Operate 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

*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC