We just spoke to Atlas! They told us these new GE Dash 8-40C & 8-40CW Locomotives are due to arrive by September 2020!

Did you miss your chance to get your orders in? 

Place your orders today!

All Products Are Sold Out At Atlas!

We have a few remaining pieces coming to PWRS, they are being offered on a first come, first served, no back order basis. 

First built for Union Pacific in the late 1980's by General Electric, the DASH 8-40C diesel locomotives were identified by an enlarged exhaust stack and the mounting of the dynamic brake grids in a square-like unit behind the cab, which housed an enlarged equipment blower fan. These six-axle, 4,000 hp engines are still in service today in North America.

The 4,000hp Dash 8-40CW was produced by General Electric between 1989 and 1993 as a follow-up to the successful Dash 8-40C locomotive. The most distinguishing feature of this model was the introduction of GE’s version of the wide-nose “North American Safety Cab.” This style of cab would become a common sight on railroads across the country. Four major railroads purchased the Dash 8-40CW in fairly large quantities, including Conrail, CSX, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Most of these units are still in regular mainline and heavy-haul freight service today. Due to various mergers, they can also be seen operating for new owners Norfolk Southern and BNSF.

This release includes road numbers for eight railroads and two undecorated versions. All are available in DCC Ready & DCC w/Sound versions.

Features:

• Ditch lights (8-40CW only)
• Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad (8-40CW only)
• Realistic die-cast underframe
• Factory equipped with AccuMate knuckle couplers
• Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate Proto-couplers
• Highly detailed coupler cut bars
• Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses
• Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
• Separately installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
• Directional lighting
• Painted crew members
• Snowplow and piping on trucks
• Recommended minimum radius: 22”

DCC w/Sound Unit Features:

• Supports all DCC programming modes
• Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28
• A total of six DCC function outputs are available
• Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices
• The LokSound Select Dual-Mode decoder allows Atlas Gold Series locomotives to be used on DC as well as on DCC layouts
• Please note that the Atlas Quantum Engineer will NOT operate an Atlas Gold Series locomotive equipped with a LokSound Select decoder on an analog (DC) layout. However, the sound and lighting functions of the LokSound Select decoder in the Atlas Gold Series RS-1 locomotive can be controlled by an easy-to-use basic DCC system
• Also note that on a DC-powered layout, a DCC and sound equipped locomotive (such as the Atlas Gold Series RS-1) CANNOT be consisted with another locomotive that does not also have both DCC and sound. (This statement does NOT apply to DCC-equipped locomotives operating on a DCC layout.)
• Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more
• There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals
• Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism

Still on the fence about ordering your GE Dash 8-40C & 8-40CW Locomotives ?

You better get your orders in now!

These puppies are selling FAST!

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Reservations Due By: July 24, 2018

Expected Release: April 2019 September 2020

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