Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: early 1980s
Series 619 to 628; built 7/1980
Road numbers 620 and 625
Series 629 to 636; built 8-9/1981
Road numbers 629, 632 and 635
Fully-assembled
No truck ground lights (prototype not equipped)
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated front tricolor stand-off class lights***
LED-illuminated Saturn 6552 strobe Light*
Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
Front EMD-style low pilot plow without multiple unit (MU) hose doors; with grab irons
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles; two inner and two outer mounting brackets
Notched pilot faces with high angled lifting slots
Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
Front and rear early small deck extension
Handrail set with outward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain
Front and rear standard drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
88” low short hood with wheel handbrake and round vent on right side
Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers
Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
Dash-2 cab with welded side window panels
Rectangular vent on left cab side, towards rear of cab
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall clear wind wings with mirror at bottom mounted fore of cab side window on both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
Front mounted lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-5T-R horn mounted cab numberboard housing with all chimes facing forward
Rear mounted lost-wax brass cast Leslie S25 horn mounted on rear of long hood with single chime facing rearward
Motorola ASP-16 “firecracker” antenna mounted on the cab
Accurate hood door and long hood detail
Late electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, closer to rear of cab
Late welded ECAFB
Late inertial air intake grilles with top and bottom drip rail
“Post-1980” exhaust silencer
Accurately-profiled "post-1980" extended-range (bulged) dynamic brake housing
See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
Corrugated radiator intake grilles
See-through 48” single-speed radiator "Q-Fans” with fan blades visible inside
Drop grab radiator fan grab iron
Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, late center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
Rust-color painted wheelsets
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
Speed recorders mounted to first and third axles on left front
Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
Short jacking pads (late)
Aft engineer’s side sidesill notch
Tab-mount EFCO
Frame-mounted steel bell
Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (accordion-style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with dual fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank (right side only), and vertical breather pipe
Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Directional LED headlights
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-318 MKT Green, TCP-319 MKT Yellow
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 Cylinder 645E3 prime mover
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:
Operates on DC layouts
DCC ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC.
** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate.
*** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and change the colors with an appropriately programmed ESU decoder while operating using DCC.
**** “PowerPack” feature is only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: early 1980s
Series 619 to 628; built 7/1980
Road numbers 620 and 625
Series 629 to 636; built 8-9/1981
Road numbers 629, 632 and 635
Fully-assembled
No truck ground lights (prototype not equipped)
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated front tricolor stand-off class lights***
LED-illuminated Saturn 6552 strobe Light*
Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
Front EMD-style low pilot plow without multiple unit (MU) hose doors; with grab irons
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles; two inner and two outer mounting brackets
Notched pilot faces with high angled lifting slots
Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
Front and rear early small deck extension
Handrail set with outward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain
Front and rear standard drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
88” low short hood with wheel handbrake and round vent on right side
Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers
Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
Dash-2 cab with welded side window panels
Rectangular vent on left cab side, towards rear of cab
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall clear wind wings with mirror at bottom mounted fore of cab side window on both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
Front mounted lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-5T-R horn mounted cab numberboard housing with all chimes facing forward
Rear mounted lost-wax brass cast Leslie S25 horn mounted on rear of long hood with single chime facing rearward
Motorola ASP-16 “firecracker” antenna mounted on the cab
Accurate hood door and long hood detail
Late electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, closer to rear of cab
Late welded ECAFB
Late inertial air intake grilles with top and bottom drip rail
“Post-1980” exhaust silencer
Accurately-profiled "post-1980" extended-range (bulged) dynamic brake housing
See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
Corrugated radiator intake grilles
See-through 48” single-speed radiator "Q-Fans” with fan blades visible inside
Drop grab radiator fan grab iron
Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, late center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
Rust-color painted wheelsets
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
Speed recorders mounted to first and third axles on left front
Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
Short jacking pads (late)
Aft engineer’s side sidesill notch
Tab-mount EFCO
Frame-mounted steel bell
Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (accordion-style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with dual fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank (right side only), and vertical breather pipe
Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Directional LED headlights
Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-318 MKT Green, TCP-319 MKT Yellow
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 Cylinder 645E3 prime mover
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:
Operates on DC layouts
DCC ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC.
** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate.
*** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and change the colors with an appropriately programmed ESU decoder while operating using DCC.
**** “PowerPack” feature is only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout.