Athearn - HO Scale - GE C44-9W Diesel Locomotive - DCC-Sound Ready - Hamersley Iron (HI) #7083 - Gray/Red/Blue/Yellow With Black/White Lettering (Era: 1990’s+) (SKU 140-78066)
Available On: May 1, 2024
PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Keeping in tradition with GE’s locomotive series nicknames beginning with the “Dash 7” of the 1970s, the C44-9W was dubbed the Dash 9 upon its debut in 1993. The design has since proven popular with North American railroads, the Dash 9-44CW shares its frame, Hi-ad trucks, 16-cylinder 7FDL engine, and 752AH-31 traction motors with the GE Dash 9-40CW.
Many North American railroads have ordered the C44-9W. They were originally ordered by Chicago & North Western Railway, Santa Fe, BNSF, CSX, Southern Pacific, Canadian National Railway, BC Rail, and Union Pacific Railroad. Norfolk Southern purchased the very similar Dash 9-40CWs.
C44-9W LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
• Sound-ready with 21-pin DCC plug and speakers pre-installed
• Operating ditch lights
• Road-name-specific horn, plow, rear grills, trucks, and antennas
• See-through cab windows
• Fine scale handrails
• Factory applied sunshades, frame-mounted bell, exhaust stack, brake wheel, rear sand filler, air tanks
• Separately-applied wire grab irons
• Steerable or Hi-ad trucks with separate shock struts and brake cylinders per prototype
• 5,000 gallon fuel tank
• LED Lighting for realistic color and appearance
• Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains consistent
• 5-pole motor with precision-machined flywheels and multi-link drive train for trouble-free operation
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Separately-applied horns
• McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Quick Plug and play technology: DCC ready with 21-pin NEM connector
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brand of track
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Minimum radius: 18” — Recommended radius: 22”
Hamersley Iron
The Rio Tinto subsidiary, Hamersley Railway, operated its first train in 1966; the railway serves the Pilbara Region in western Australia for the purpose of carrying iron ore. 29 GE Dash 9-44CW locomotives were aquired in 1994. They allowed Hamersley Iron to retire all of its remaining ALCO, GE, and EMD units.
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