Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $219.99 (direct current with 21-pin NEM connector), $319.99 (with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder)
Era: 1992 to 2022 (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822, 800-338-4639, athearn.com
General Electric P40DC and P42DC locomotives features:
- Four nose variations
- Newly-tooled illuminated number boxes
- Operating front and rear marker lights on models with Tsunami2
- Flexible rubber m.u. hoses and trainline hose
- Operating ditch lights on non-strobe-equipped Amtrak units synched with air horn (operational on DCC only)
- Flashing strobe lights and emergency light on equipped Amtrak units (operational on DCC only)
- Photo-etched metal radiator fan grill
- Underframe details including air tanks with air lines, air filter, and air dryer with two rock shield styles
- Wire hand rails
- McHenry scale couplers
- Available June 2023
Road Names: P42DC: Amtrak (Operation Lifesaver scheme in one road number and phase 4 repaint in three numbers) and VIA Rail Canada (“Love the Way” scheme [two versions, one number each], “Poppy” scheme in one number, and teal and green in three numbers). P40DC: Amtrak (phase 3 faded stripe and phase 5 repaint in three numbers each).
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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