General Electric AC4400CW
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector, $204.99; with dual-mode ESU LokSound 5 sound decoder, $299.99
Era: 1995 to present (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 7598 Highway 411, Benton, TN 37307; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Features:
- Road-number-specific details
- Factory-installed wire grab irons, m.u. clusters, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, and more
- Directional light-emitting-diode lighting
- Five-pole skew-wound motor with dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up
- Minimum radius, 18”; recommended radius, 22”
Release date: June 2023
Paint schemes: Southern Pacific (scarlet and gray with speed lettering), BNSF Ry. (Heritage II), Canadian Pacific (red with beaver herald in five road numbers; with Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride logo in one number), CSX (YN2 and YN3.com [one road number]), Ferrosur (green, white, and red), and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray [red sill strip in five numbers, yellow sill stripe in one number]). Six numbers per scheme unless noted.
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