ScaleTrains Rivet Counter (N) GE DASH 9, BNSF 1050 /Heritage I/Yellow Lettering - DCC/sound
ScaleTrains Rivet Counter | N-scale (1:160) | diesel locomotives
GE DASH 9
BNSF /Heritage I/Yellow Lettering
| Item Number | Road Number | Stock Status |
| SXT38683 | # 1050 |
ESU-LokSound 5 Micro DCC and sound decoder with “Full Throttle”
The GE DASH 9 replaced the earlier DASH 8 series and featured numerous electronic improvements that enhanced overall performance and reliability. It quickly became one of the most common locomotives in the United States. Most are still in service today.
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The Rivet Counter™ DASH 9 sets new standards for railroad, road number and era-specific™ features, factory-applied detail parts, lighting, and sound. All Rivet Counter N Scale locomotives are available DC/DCC ready with Next18 connector or factory equipped with ESU LokSound™ 5 Micro DCC and sound decoder with cube-type speaker.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- Era: late 1996 to early 2000s
- Series BNSF 960-1123, built August 1996 through January 1997
- Road number 1050 with H2 yellow lettering and ATSF Air Conditioner
- GE safety cab with “gull-wing” roof profile and three (3) side windows
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Operating LED-illuminated front deck-mounted ditch lights*
- Printed and LED-illuminated number boards*
- Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, MU cable, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, brake wheel, and more
- Short snowplow with open doors and grab irons
- Semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers – Micro-Trains® compatible
- Body mounted coupler box – accepts Micro-Trains® 1015/1016 type couplers without modification
- 5-step stepwells
- Walkway with front anticlimber
- GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
- Wide profile end handrails
- Nose door with window
- Front LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on low short hood
- Detailed cab interior with floor, rear wall, seats, and desktop
- Tinted cab side windows
- Large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, and four small Sinclair “ice skate” antennas
- Prime Manufacturing PM5191 HVAC unit
- Late (angled) engine cab profile
- Late non-flanged exhaust stack housing
- “Bathtub” exhaust silencer
- Early radiator door grille pattern (all the same height)
- Low-mounted rear sand filler
- Early lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings
- Rear LED-illuminated vertical headlight with lenses
- Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
- GE Hi-Ad trucks with separately applied brake cylinders and air plumbing
- Separate air tanks with lower mounting brackets
- Fuel tank mounted steel bell
- 5,000 gallon fuel tank
- Single fuel fills per side
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Printing and lettering legible under magnification
- Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum Radius: 9 ¾”
- Recommended Radius: 11”
DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU-LokSound 5 Nano DCC & sound decoder with “Full Throttle”
- Cube-type speaker
- Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC ready locomotives also feature:
- Operates on DC layouts
- DCC ready with E24 connector
* Note: some sound and lighting functions on DCC & sound-equipped versions are not operable using DC
