Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACU diesel locomotive
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector, $259.99; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $359.99. Add $10 for Primed for Grime.
Era: 2016 to present
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
SD70ACU diesel locomotive features:
- Body-mounted McHenry knuckle couplers
- Celcon handrails
- Detailed cab interior
- Die-cast metal frame
- Fuel tank with fillers, gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
- Full cab interior
- Light-emitting diode lighting
- Rotating bearing caps
- RP-25 contour wheels
- Separately, factory-applied windshield wipers, lift rings, m.u. hoses, and wire grab irons
- Wire grab irons
- Minimum radius, 18”; recommended radius, 22”
Release date: October 2023
Road names: Canadian Pacific (NATO Green and two-tone gray in one road number each; maroon-and-gray heritage scheme with block lettering and CP System Red with monochrome Beaver logo in two numbers each), Progress Rail Leasing (Primed for Grime Norfolk Southern patchout in two numbers), and Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme in three numbers).
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