The DC-motored SD70M-2 and AC-motored SD70ACe are EMD’s hope for the future. While designed to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier-2 emissions requirements that took effect on January 1, 2005, they also have a higher purpose: to recapture the lead in North American locomotive sales that EMD lost to General Electric in 1987.

Under the hood of both engines beats a third-generation model 710 diesel with 4300 horsepower; only slight modifications were needed to make the model 710 meet new emission standards. With 5000 such motors in service worldwide and a reputation for dependability, EMD reasoned that shop crews would prefer familiar technology.

Other than the prime mover, however, virtually every element of these engines has been re-thought to create a 21st century locomotive. The engines’ angular nose offers the crew far better visibility than most other locomotives, and the cab is comfortable for engineers of almost any size and accommodates a crew of three — an important factor in a modern world without cabooses. Digital screens provide a range of information on what is happening both inside the locomotive and out on the road.

The key difference between the SD70M-2 and the SD70ACe is what’s under the floor: traditional DC traction motors in the SD70M-2’s trucks and AC traction motors in the SD70ACe. While AC traction motors put more tractive effort on the rails and enable an SD70ACe to start a heavier train with the same horsepower, that additional capability comes at a cost. AC-powered locomotives are both more expensive and more electrically complex than engines with DC traction motors, which most diesels have used since the 1940s.

PTC = Positive Train Control - PTC systems determine the precise location, direction and speed of trains, warn train operators of potential problems and safely bring the train to a stop if the operator does not act. Specifically, PTC technology is designed to prevent train-to-train collisions; derailments caused by excessive speed; unauthorized train movement onto sections of track where maintenance activities are taking place; and movement of a train through a track switch left in the wrong position. PTC will not prevent accidents caused as a result of track or equipment failure; improper vehicular movement through a grade crossing; trespassing on railroad tracks; or certain types of train operator error.

Features:

• Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body

• Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank

• Metal Chassis

• Metal Handrails and Horn

• Moveable Roof Fans

• Metal Body Side Grilles

• Detachable Snow Plow

• (2) Handpainted Engineer Cab Figures

• Authentic Paint Scheme

• Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears

• (2) Remote Controlled Proto-Couplers

• O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads

• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting

• Directionally Controlled Constant voltage LED Headlights

• Lighted LED Cab Interior Light

• Illuminated LED Number Boards

• Operating LED Ditch Lights

• (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors

• Operating ProtoSmoke Diesel Exhaust

• Onboard DCC/DCS Decoder

• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments

• Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Capable

• 1:48 Scale Proportions

• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Freight Yard Proto-Effects

• Unit Measures: 18 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 4”

• Operates On O-42 Curves

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