Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $239.99 (direct current with 21-pin NEM connector), $339.99 (with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder)
Era: Early 2000s to present (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com
General Electric ES44DC diesel locomotive features:
- See-through dynamic brake intakes
- Illuminated ditch lights
- Tinted cab windows
- GPS dome
- 5,000-gallon fuel tank
- Low or high front headlight as appropriate
- Available June 2023
Road Names: CSX (as-delivered dark blue-and-yellow scheme in two road numbers; primer gray and dark blue and yellow with “boxcar” herald in one number each), BNSF Ry. (Heritage II in two numbers and Heritage III in one number), Canadian Pacific (newly tooled variation, orange Hapag-Lloyd scheme and red with “Canadian Pacific” lettering on hood in one number each), and Norfolk Southern (as-delivered scheme in three numbers, primer gray in one number).
Company Information: Athearn Trains offers model railroad equipment in N and HO scales. The company is part of Horizon Hobby and is based in Champaign, Ill.
Reproduced from Athearn news release April 2022
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