The Officially Licensed GE ET44 "Tier 4 GEVO" from InterMountain continues their tradition of excellence in this series of modern, GE-built locomotives.

This all-new model features

• Finely molded parts
• Railroad specific details
• Prototype based color representation with laser sharp painting and printing inlcuding the numerous miniature labels accurately represented.

Intermountain all-new Tier 4 drive is smooth, heavy (approx. 1.6 lbs), and powerful with an all new larger motor.

OPERATING LED LIGHTING INCLUDES:

• Front headlight
• Correct scale sized front ditch lights
• Number Boards
• Rear headlight
• Front & Rear Walkway Lights
• Correct scale sized rear ditch lights (road name specific)
• Correct scale sized front
• Rear RED DPU lights on Canadian National units.

OTHER DETAILS INCLUDE:

• Spinning bearing caps on both ends of all 6 axles on the trucks
• Accurate GE style traction motor detail on 3rd and 4th axles
• Wheel flange lubricator detail
• Accurate dark cab side window tint
• See through etched metal grilles on the radiator cab roof, dynamic brake area, and body (body grilles have accurate corrugations)
• Real brake chain
• Real tow chain (road name specific)
• Separate underframe piping detail
• LSL lights (CSX & NS)
• Etched metal walkway steps (road name specific)
• Accurate PTC Antenna Arrays on cab roof (road name and number specific)
• Accurate Nathan Airchime K5HL Horn
• Road name specific front/rear handrails
• Formed wire nose to walkway handrail
• Rear rock pilot on CN units
• See-through etched metal walkway panels on CN units. All of this along with numerous etched metal and wire details.
• Sound locomotives released after February 2021 are factory equipped with ESU LokSound 5 DCC sound decoders featuring accurately recorded Tier 4 GEVO sounds played through dual "sugar-cube" type speakers.
• Sound locomotives released prior to 2021 are factory equipped with ESU LokSound Select sound decoders featuring accurately recorded Tier 4 GEVO sounds played through dual "sugar-cube" type speakers.
• Non-sound locomotives released after February 2021 are factory equipped with ESU LokPilot 5 DCC decoders.
• Non-sound locomotives released prior to 2021 are factory equipped with ESU LokPilot V4.0 non-sound decoders.
• DC only customers may reserve models with a dealer as "DC only". Note that some lighting functions may not operate correctly or at all when a locomotive is converted to DC only. DC only locomotives are non-sound only.
  
  

The first release of this model showcased the "as-delivered" version with the "square exhaust" for all roads except Norfolk Southern which never received any units with the square exhaust.

The second release features the GE modified "angled exhaust" version for all roads except Navajo Mine Railroad which received the "square exhaust" for their two units.

The third release features units of mixed types of exhaust hatches. The CN-Veterans #3015, CN-EJ&E, and CN-Illinois Central have square exhaust. All others in the third release have angled exhaust.

As more railroads purchase these and take delivery, Intermountain will make subsequent product announcements.

Southern Pacific Santa Fe

In early 1983 two large Western railroads, Southern Pacific and the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe sought to combine as a single railroad. Their efforts were unexpectedly met with resistance and inevitably a negative decision from the ICC. In mid 1986 the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. was forced to sell off the Southern Pacific after dozens of locomotives had already been repainted for both ATSF and the SP into the new "Kodachrome" scheme.

Modelers and enthusiasts sometimes reflect about "What if?" the proposed SPS merger actually happened. Coming up 40 years, the SPSF has not been forgotten. Adapting real railroad common practices, including an interesting nod to historical heritage railroads, Intermountain developed a plausible alternate reality.

Assuming the Southern Pacific Santa Fe integrated ET44AC Tier 4 GEVOs to remain compliant to EPA emission targets. An additional opportunity is an SPSF heritage paint scheme, commemorating the historical railroads that made up both merging railroads.

Following the practice of numbering the locomotive to an important year, in this alternate timeline, 1986 would be the year SPS was officially merged. For SPSF #1986, the conductor side long hood represents the Santa Fe predecessor railroads and the engineer side represents the predecessor and subsidiary railroads for the Southern Pacific. The very first experiments of the Kodachrome scheme were with white lettering. Other details such as SP style roman road numbers reflect on a time when SPSF was repainting locomotives in a manner to add either "SP" or "SF" after the merger was approved.

Kodachrome was modified over the years leading to the ICC decision. Changes to the color of the letters on the long hood and nose stripes. Officially the font of the road numbers were to match the Santa Fe's including the size. InterMountain adapted these features to the GE ET44AC. Early SPSF rosters depicted numbering for GE locomotives to begin with the 8000 series.

Assuming the SPS acquired ES44AC GEVOs in large quantities, and populating the higher numbers meant that the new Tier 4 GEVOs would most likely be replacing earlier retired and displaced GEs in the 8500 series.

497115 DCC Non-Sound

497115S DCC Sound

Stock Number / Locomotive Number

(LokSound 5 DCC Sound / LokPilot 5 DCC Non-Sound)

Southern Pacific Santa Fe - Heritage (1 Number)     Road Number: -01  1986

Southern Pacific Santa Fe (3 Numbers)         Road Numbers: -02  8559   -03  8567   -04  8573

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