Scale Trains Rivet Counter GE Dash 8-40C "CSX" #7555

Description

All-new model Era: 1990 to 2016 CSX series 7540 to 7589; built 8-9/1989 CSX 7547 Represents original 1990 YN2 repaint with white cab roof painted in ~2003 Whip antenna and small EOT antenna dome Roof-mounted ISCS GPS antenna dome and conduit Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HAR24 horn mounted on engine cab CSX 7555 Represents original 1990 YN2 repaint with white cab roof painted in ~2003 Whip antenna and small EOT antenna dome Roof-mounted ISCS GPS antenna dome and conduit Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5LA horn mounted on engine cab Fully-assembled Multiple road numbers Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights* Operating LED front pilot face-mounted alternating ditch lights** Front and rear LED-illuminated number boards* Early bolted walkway light access covers Tall snowplow with open doors and grab irons Semi-scale 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 5-step stepwells with see-through steps Walkway with front anticlimber Early, large central mounted anti-climber support GE “nub” pattern walkway tread Wide, angled profile end handrails Front high (cab) mounted headlight Early, angled top nose profile with side X-panels Single, center horizontal nose grab below nut, bolt, washer mounting details GE Spartan cab GE Spartan cab number board housing with marker light blanking plates Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation, and engineer’s AAR-style control stand Standard cab sub-base access doors Single wind deflector mounted in front of sliding cab windows on both sides Early, top-mounted dynamic brake intake grilles Early curved engine cab profile “Bathtub” exhaust silencer 24 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on the sides and top of the radiator compartment Tall, forward radiator compartment door with latches Original, as-built radiator configuration Low-mounted rear sand fill Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines, and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelsets in service Speed recorder on left side third axle Dual Graham-White (Prime) 975-075 Air Filters Graham-White 975-100 “Twin Tower” Air Filter Dryer 5,000-gallon fuel tank with vertical weld seams Single fuel fills per side Vertical analog fuel gauges, “blanked” round gauges, and digital fuel gauges Early, frame-style bell mounting bracket Separate air tanks with upper mounting brackets 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 Directional LED-illuminated headlights 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 & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” functions Single ‘passive radiator’ style speaker Turbocharged GE 7FDL16 prime mover sounds ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors*** Operates on both DC and DCC layouts