ScaleTrains Rivet Counter (N) EMD SD40-2, Milwaukee Road/Billboard Lettering - DCC/sound

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• New roadname 
• Era: 1973 to 1985
• Series 171 to 181; Built July 1973
  • Billboard lettering
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Class lights (non-operating)
• Prime PM-8901 Stratolite beacon (non-operating)
• Printed and LED-illuminated number boards*
• Side-mounted steel bell behind the cab on the fireman’s side
• 3,200-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank (right side only) and angled breather pipe
• Front EMD-style low pilot plow with grab irons and without multiple unit (MU) hose doors
• Rear EMD-style “weedcutter” low pilot plow
• 4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Body mounted knuckle couplers; Micro-Trains® compatible
• Coupler box accepts Micro-Trains 1015/1016 couplers without modification
• Straight uncoupling levers with loop handles front and rear and two inner and two outer mounting brackets
• Notched pilot faces with reinforced lifting holes
• Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacle
• "Tall" stepwells 
• Front and rear early small deck extension
• Handrail set with solid end rails
• No drop steps
• Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
• Rectangle walkway lights mounted between sandbox clean out doors (non-operating)
• 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and angled chain guard
• Bolted battery box doors with narrow louvers
• Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
• Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight in number board housing
• Dash two cab with bolted side window panels
• Detailed cab interior with floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
• Forward cab side vent on right side
• Tall mirror mounted fore of cab side window on left side of cab
• All-weather window mounted on right cab side
• No sunshades or sunshade tracks
• Lost wax brass cast Leslie RS-3-LR horn mounted on number board housing
• “Whip” antenna mounted to center of cab roof
• Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab
• Early “stand-off” ECAFB 
• Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails 
• Standard turbo exhaust stack
• Accurately profiled standard-range dynamic brakes with batten strip
• “Chicken-wire” radiator intake grilles
• See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
• Curved radiator fan grab iron
• Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
• Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets
• Speed recorder mounted to first axle left front
• Reward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
• Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
• Spare knuckle holders on fuel tank near fuel filler
• Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
• Sill-mount EFCO
• Salem air filter (accordion style)
• Factory-applied wire grab irons, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 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 even under magnification
• Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-011 Black and TCP-111 Milw Orange
• Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail
• Packaging safely stores model
• Minimum radius: 9 3/4”
• Recommended radius: 11”

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:

• ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle”
• One (1) cube-type speaker
• EMD 16 Cylinder 645E3 prime mover
• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts

DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:

• Operates on DC layouts
• DCC ready with E24 connector

* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC