General Electric Dash 8-40C diesel locomotive
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct current with factory-installed speaker –front ditch lights, $199.99; front and rear ditch lights, $209.99; and undecorated with front ditch lights (Phase I and II), $179.99. With dual-mode ESU LokSound sound decoder – front ditch lights, $309.95; front and rear ditch lights, $319.95; and undecorated with front ditch lights (Phase I and II), $289.95.
Era: 1990s to present (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com
General Electric Dash 8-40C diesel locomotive features:
- Accumate couplers (coupler pocket designed to accept Accumate Proto-couplers)
- Die-cast metal underframe
- Directional lighting
- Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels
- Minimum recommended radius: 22”
- Painted crew figures
- Piping on trucks
- Separate, factory-installed windshield wipers, metal grab irons, and plastic handrails
- Snow plow
- Tier 0+ radiator modification detail (as appropriate)
- Uncoupling levers, m.u. hoses, and trainline hoses
New paint schemes (with front and rear ditch lights unless noted): Rock Island Rail (red and yellow, one road number), Cimarron Valley (blue and yellow with front ditch lights, two numbers), CSX (yellow, blue, and gray with white roof and front ditch lights, two numbers), and Providence & Worcester (Genesee & Wyoming scheme, three numbers). New numbers (with front and rear ditch lights unless noted, three numbers per scheme): Canadian National (red, white, and black), CSX (yellow, blue, and gray with blue roof and front ditch lights), Pan Am Railways (dark blue with front ditch lights), Norfolk Southern (black and white), and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray with front ditch lights). Also available undecorated (Phases I and II) with front ditch lights.
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