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ScaleTrains - Rivet Counter - HO Scale - EMD SD40-2 (Mid-80s Repaint) - DCC & Lok Sound Equipped - Union Pacific (UP) # 3612 Yellow & Gray (SKU 6502-SXT30725)

Available On: September 1, 2018

 

The Rivet Counter HO Scale SD40-2 is the definitive model of this popular locomotive.

 

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

  • UP 3612 and 3645
    • Phase IId2 units built in 1979 (UP 3609-3658)
    • Early electrical cabinet “zig-zag” seam
    • Standard exhaust
    • Extended-range dynamic brake housing
    • See through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
  • UP 3739 and 3754
    • Phase IIIb1 units built in 1980 (UP 3659-3768)
    • Late electrical cabinet weld seam on long hood and roof
    • Late electrical cabinet “”zig-zag” seam
    • Extended-range "Post '80" dynamic brake housing with exhaust silencer
    • 48" radiator "Q" Fans
  • Mid-1980s era repaints
    • Gray trucks
    • 24” nose medallion
    • 20” cab numbers
    • Painted-over class lights
    • Small UP medallion on sub-base doors
  • Operating warning strobe light on cab roof*
  • 88" low short hood with wheel handbrake
  • Class lights disabled and lenses painted over per prototype
  • Late sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
  • Bolted battery doors with large louvers
  • Cab with welded side window panels and standard sunshades
  • Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna on cab roof
  • Retrofitted small “ice skate” antenna next to horn (EOT)
  • Leslie RS-3L-R Horn
  • Stand-off ECAFB (early)
  • Intermediate inertial intake grills
  • Corrugated radiator intake grills
  • Frame-mounted bell
  • Flush-style EFCO
  • Highly detailed 4,000 gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers and gauges
  • 3-hose MU hose clusters
  • Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
  • Straight uncoupling levers with “loop” handles
  • Notched pilot faces with lifting slots
  • Forward engineer’s side sidesill notch
  • "Tall" stepwells
  • Intermediate jacking pads
  • Late center axle snubbers
  • Detailed HT-C trucks with brake plumbing, traction motor, and air ducts
  • DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature
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    • ESU V4.0 “Full Throttle” decoder
    • Dual cube-type speakers
    • ESU designed PowerPack with two super capacitors
    • Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
  • DCC & sound ready (DC) locomotives also feature
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    • DCC ready with 21-pin connector

 

Rivet Counter SD40-2 Locomotive Features

  • All-new model
  • Fully assembled
  • Four (4) different road numbers
  • Dimensionally accurate truck centers
  • Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
  • Sectioned treadplate detail on the walkways
  • Accurate hood door and long hood detail
  • Accurately profiled dynamic brake housings 
  • See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
  • Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, snowplows, horns, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses
  • Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with ScaleTrains.com durable metal semi-scale E Type knuckle couplers
  • Directional LED headlights
  • LED lighted number boards
  • All-wheel drive
  • All-wheel electrical pick-up
  • Dual flywheel
  • Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature.
  • Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
  • Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
  • Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
  • Packaging safely stores model
  • Minimum radius: 18”
  • Recommended radius: 22”
 

History

In January 1972, Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors would build the first production models of a locomotive design that would prove to be legendary: the SD40-2. The flagship of the “Dash-2” series of 1972, the SD40-2 would build upon the lessons learned from its predecessor, the SD40. While the sixteen-cylinder 645E3 turbocharged prime mover remained the same from its SD40 cousin, the SD40-2 boasted a modular, solid-state electrical system, which featured removable “cards” in place of troublesome relays in its high-voltage cabinet, greatly simplifying electrical troubleshooting and repairs.

Externally, the biggest change was the use of the new HT-C three-axle truck in place of the Flexi-coil C of the SD40. The new truck promised greater adhesion, and was longer than the Flexi-coil C, necessitating an increase of the length of the SD40-2s frame to an overall length of 68’, 10” over the couplers. This also had the effect of giving the SD40-2 its characteristic long walkway “porches” at each end. Other small external improvements, such as longer battery box compartments, rear overhang on the cab roof, and drip rail over the front cab door, added to the list of external differences between it and the SD40.

Domestic production of the SD40-2 continued until July 1984 making it one of EMD’s most popular locomotives of all time. Many remain in service today, both with original owners as well as secondhand operators. Within the last five years, Norfolk Southern and CSX have rebuilt hundreds of SD40-2s to extend their operating life. This will ensure this venerable locomotive’s presence on U.S. rails for decades to come.











$299.99 US