ScaleTrains Rivet Counter (HO) GE AC4400CW, Southern Pacific /Speed Lettering - DCC/Sound
ScaleTrains Rivet Counter | HO scale (1:87) | Diesel Locomotives
GE AC4400CW, Southern Pacific /Speed Lettering
DCC & Sound Equipped (ESU-LokSound 5 decoder with “Full Throttle”)
| Item Number | Road Number | Stock Status |
| SXT38481 | # 163 | |
| SXT38483 | # 270 | |
| SXT38485 | # 350 |
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: 1995 to Late-90s
- SP 100-378, built 4-10/95
- Series 100 to 199; built 4-5/95
- Road numbers 100 and 142
- Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) tall doors with latches on the #2
- No capacitor box on left side walkway
- Single large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, and small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry antenna
- Late Hi-Ad trucks with cantilever struts on all four sideframes
- Road number 146
- SP sunset logo on inverter cabinet
- Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) tall doors with latches on the #2
- No capacitor box on left side walkway
- Single large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, and small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry antenna
- Late Hi-Ad trucks with cantilever struts on all four sideframe
- Road number 163
- Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) tall doors with latches on the #2
- No capacitor box on left side walkway
- Single large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, and small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry antenna
- Late Hi-Ad trucks with “Cantilever” shock snubbers deleted from left front and right rear
- Series 200 to 300; built 5-7/95
- Road number 270
- No capacitor box on left side walkway
- Single large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, and three (3) small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry and Locotrol antennas
- Late Hi-Ad trucks with cantilever struts on right front and left rear sideframes
- Series 301 to 378; built 7-10/95
- Road number 350
- Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) tall doors with latches on the #2
- Capacitor box on left side walkway
- Single large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, and three (3) small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry and Locotrol antennas
- Late Hi-Ad trucks with cantilever struts on right front and left rear sideframes
- 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 alternating ditch lights**
- Printed high-mount cab number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
- Tall 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 without latch
- GE safety cab with three (3) side windows
- Right side cab under floor access doors: four screened louver sections per door
- Left side cab under floor access doors: dual latch door with grille 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
- Early inverter cabinet: six (6) tall vertical rectangular bolted panels and three (3) horizontal short panels
- Alternating reinforcement ribs under dynamic brake intake grilles
- Standard dynamic brake exhaust (2-port)
- Forward right-side air intake grille
- Right side auxiliary cab: four (4) doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors
- Early curved engine cab profile
- Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime P3 (P24R1 configuration) horn mounted on engine cab
- Early 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
- Low-mounted rear sand fill
- Early “box” lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings
- Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
- Rotating axle bearing caps
- No speed recorder
- Dual Graham-White (Prime) 975-075 air filters
- Graham-White 975-100 “twin tower” air filter dryer
- 5,000-gallon fuel tank with vertical weld seams
- Single fuel fills per side
- Round and vertical analog fuel gauges; digital fuel gauges
- Fuel tank mounted steel bell
- Separate air tanks with upper mounting brackets
- Early square handbrake chain bracket
- SP-style spare coupler knuckle boxes 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
