Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Early 1980s (SSW 7960, 7961, 7962, 7963, and 7965); As Rebuilt
Series SSW 7960 to 7967; ex-SSW 7600 to 7607, rebuilt 01/81-06/82
SSW 7960, 7961, 7962, 7963, and 7965:
LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light mounted in number board housing*
LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
SP-style nose headlight package: horizontally-mounted dual sealed-beam standard headlight, with a single red Pyle-National (Translite) #17540 Gyralite signal light mounted in recess above
Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime P3 (P24R1) horn mounted on number board housing
Standard “whip” communications antenna base mounted to cab roof, and small “whip” EOT telemetry antenna mounted on numberboard housing
SP-style rear headlight bracket with LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light, and a single red Pyle-National (Translite) #17540 Gyralite signal light
Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
Front EMD medium plow without MU hose doors
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles
Notched-corner pilot face with vertical lifting slots and square access plate, front and rear
“Early” angled deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles with dual dummy receptacles front and rear, and tall MU and electrical bus receptacles and connections on rear for road slug control
“Tall” stepwells with bottom extension on front, and “short” stepwells with nub-bottom pilot on rear
End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions with gangway “breakaway” stanchions, front and rear
Positionable straight (late) front drop step with riser, and fixed rear gangway step with gussets
Early style cale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and round top vent
Early straight grabs and “flipped” nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
SP/SSW “GRIP” battery box doors with tall dual louver groups, and lift-off style hinges
SP/SSW “GRIP” split sub-base doors
Dual right rear cab steps
Early cab step guards (long taper)
Hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
“35-Line” cab with EMD-option “Extended-Vision” front windshields (“Wanna-Be” L-Window), square blue flag bracket on right side, and large armrests
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, Dash-2 electrical cabinet rear wall, late seats with armrests, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Tall square-corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window, both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
Long hood with Dash-2 rebuild electrical cabinet seam, stand-off Dash-2 alternator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement
Large stand-off ECAFB (Dash-2 type)
Early (smooth) blower duct housing
Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Early extended-range dynamic brake housing with Dash-2 style contactor doors, retrofitted cooling vents, retrofitted dual roof rectangular vents, and retrofitted ventilation louvers
See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at stepwell ends of trucks
“Aeroquip” brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
Rust-color painted wheelsets
Standard 4 jacking pads
Frame-mounted bell
Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
3200-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, blanked dial gauge on right side, and early rear drain bar
Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting
Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Directional LED-illuminated headlights
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
Packaging safely stores model
Minimum radius: 18”
Recommended Radius: 22”
DCC & sound-equipped locomotives also feature:
ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” functions
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Turbocharged EMD 16-645 prime mover sounds
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Early 1980s (SSW 7960, 7961, 7962, 7963, and 7965); As Rebuilt
Series SSW 7960 to 7967; ex-SSW 7600 to 7607, rebuilt 01/81-06/82
SSW 7960, 7961, 7962, 7963, and 7965:
LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light mounted in number board housing*
LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
SP-style nose headlight package: horizontally-mounted dual sealed-beam standard headlight, with a single red Pyle-National (Translite) #17540 Gyralite signal light mounted in recess above
Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime P3 (P24R1) horn mounted on number board housing
Standard “whip” communications antenna base mounted to cab roof, and small “whip” EOT telemetry antenna mounted on numberboard housing
SP-style rear headlight bracket with LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light, and a single red Pyle-National (Translite) #17540 Gyralite signal light
Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
Front EMD medium plow without MU hose doors
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles
Notched-corner pilot face with vertical lifting slots and square access plate, front and rear
“Early” angled deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles with dual dummy receptacles front and rear, and tall MU and electrical bus receptacles and connections on rear for road slug control
“Tall” stepwells with bottom extension on front, and “short” stepwells with nub-bottom pilot on rear
End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions with gangway “breakaway” stanchions, front and rear
Positionable straight (late) front drop step with riser, and fixed rear gangway step with gussets
Early style cale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and round top vent
Early straight grabs and “flipped” nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
SP/SSW “GRIP” battery box doors with tall dual louver groups, and lift-off style hinges
SP/SSW “GRIP” split sub-base doors
Dual right rear cab steps
Early cab step guards (long taper)
Hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
“35-Line” cab with EMD-option “Extended-Vision” front windshields (“Wanna-Be” L-Window), square blue flag bracket on right side, and large armrests
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, Dash-2 electrical cabinet rear wall, late seats with armrests, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Tall square-corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window, both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
Long hood with Dash-2 rebuild electrical cabinet seam, stand-off Dash-2 alternator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement
Large stand-off ECAFB (Dash-2 type)
Early (smooth) blower duct housing
Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Early extended-range dynamic brake housing with Dash-2 style contactor doors, retrofitted cooling vents, retrofitted dual roof rectangular vents, and retrofitted ventilation louvers
See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at stepwell ends of trucks
“Aeroquip” brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
Rust-color painted wheelsets
Standard 4 jacking pads
Frame-mounted bell
Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
3200-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, blanked dial gauge on right side, and early rear drain bar
Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting
Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Directional LED-illuminated headlights
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
Packaging safely stores model
Minimum radius: 18”
Recommended Radius: 22”
DCC & sound-equipped locomotives also feature:
ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” functions
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Turbocharged EMD 16-645 prime mover sounds
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts