Innovation! Delivery March 2027

• with DCC Decoder
• with Sound

Era: 1976 to 1979 Series 130 to 170; ex-3000 to 3040, built 7/1972 Road number 156 Unique Patriotic Bi-Centennial paint scheme Fully-assembled LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive* LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct* LED-illuminated tricolor front and rear flush-mounted class lights with raised gaskets and ribbed Fresnel-style lenses** Directional LED-illuminated headlights LED-illuminated Prime PM-8901 Stratolite beacon* Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination* 2-panel all-weather windows mounted on right cab side Roof-mounted Prime Manufacturing PM-516 can type E-bell 3,200-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank (right side only) and angled breather pipe Front EMD-style low pilot plow without multiple unit (MU) hose doors; with grab irons Rear EMD-style “weedcutter” low pilot plow 4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands 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 Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles As-delivered pilot faces with angled lifting slots Deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles "Tall" stepwells with see-through steps Front and rear early small deck extension Handrail set with solid end rails No drop steps Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and angled chain guard Bolted battery box doors with narrow louvers Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges Standard EMD headlight in number board housing Dash-2 cab with 11-bolt (top and bottom) side window panels Forward cab side vent on right side Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand Sliding cab side windows No sunshades or sunshade tracks Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-3-LR horn mounted on number board housing “Whip” antenna mounted to the center of the cab roof Accurate hood door and long hood detail Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from the rear of the cab Early “stand-off” ECAFB Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails Standard turbo exhaust stack Accurately-profiled standard-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, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelsets in service 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) Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch Sill-mount EFCO Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (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 Printing and lettering legible even under magnification Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail Packaging safely stores the model Minimum radius: 18” Recommended radius: 22” 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.