ScaleTrains Rivet Counter (HO) GE AC4400CW, BNSF/Heritage II - DCC/Sound
ScaleTrains Rivet Counter | HO scale (1:87) | Diesel Locomotives
GE AC4400CW, BNSF/Heritage II
DCC & Sound Equipped (ESU-LokSound 5 decoder with “Full Throttle”)
| Item Number | Road Number | Stock Status |
| SXT38431 | # 5632 | |
| SXT38433 | # 5635 | |
| SXT38435 | # 5652 |
Aside from wreck victims, nearly all prototype AC4400s are still in revenue freight service. And with burgeoning rebuild programs, this powerhouse locomotive class will likely be in service for many years to come.
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The Rivet Counter™ series AC4400CW is the definitive HO Scale model of GE’s revolutionary six-axle alternating current traction locomotive. Our model combines smooth operating performance with unparalleled railroad, road number, and era specific™ details along with industry-leading LED lighting features.
- All-new model
- Era: 2003 to Mid-2010s
- Series 5603 to 5653; built 4-5/03
- Road numbers 5603, 5609, 5620, 5632, 5635 and 5652
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- No truck ground lights (prototype not equipped)
- Operating LED-illuminated front, rear, and side walkway lights*
- Operating LED-illuminated front deck-mounted ditch lights**
- Printed high-mount cab number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
- Short snowplow with open doors and two (2) grab irons
- Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- 5-step stepwells with see-through steps
- Walkway with front anticlimber
- GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
- Narrow profile end handrails
- Dual dummy and single live pilot face MU connections
- Front nose headlight
- Nose door with window
- Two-piece nose top grab irons
- Battery cabinet access door with latch
- GE safety cab with “gull-wing” roof profile and four (4) side windows
- Right side cab under floor access doors: dual large louver panels per door
- Left side cab under floor access doors: bolted panel forward of the HVAC unit
- Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation, and engineer’s desktop controls
- Tinted cab side windows
- Tall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
- Octagonal antenna dome
- Late inverter cabinet: two (2) tall, welded X-panels and three (3) large, bolted X-panels underneath
- Continuous reinforcement rib under dynamic brake intake grilles
- Standard dynamic brake exhaust (2-port)
- Rearward right-side air intake grille
- Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) short doors with latches on the #2 door; auxiliary cab filter box door
- Capacitor box on left side walkway
- Right side auxiliary cab: four (4) doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors
- Late angled engine cab profile with tri-fold power assembly access doors
- Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab
- Late non-flanged exhaust stack housing
- “Bathtub” exhaust silencer
- 26 individually-applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
- Late radiator door grilles in alternating heights
- Standard brake wheel
- Left rear hood door grille arrangement: tall, short, short grilles
- Tall, latched access door on long hood end
- High-mounted rear sand fill
- Late angled lifting “tabs” on ends of radiator wings
- Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
- Late Hi-Ad trucks with cantilever struts on right front and left rear sideframes; flange lubricator sticks
- Rotating axle bearing caps
- No speed recorder
- Dual Graham-White (Salem) 824-100 centrifugal air filters
- No air dryer
- 5,000-gallon fuel tank with vertical weld seams
- Dual fuel fills per side
- Round and vertical analog fuel gauges
- Fuel tank mounted steel bell
- Separate air tanks with lower mounting brackets, connector pipe, and connector pipe cover
- Early square handbrake chain bracket
- Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face
- Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, and more
- Motor with 5-pole, skew-wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED headlights
- Printing and lettering legible under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum Radius: 18”
- Recommended Radius: 22”
DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU-LokSound 5 DCC and Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” Functions
- Two (2) cube-type speakers
- Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
- ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:
- Operate on DC layouts
- DCC ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate
*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC
