Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New road numbers
Series 5170 to 5192; built 11/81-12/81
Road number 5174
Era: 1980s to early 1990s appearance
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR24 horn with clearance bracket relocated to dynamic brake housing
Front deck mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Road number 5176
Era: 1980s to early 1990s appearance
Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-3-LR horn mounted with clearance bracket relocated to dynamic brake housing
Front deck mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
No truck ground lights (prototype not equipped)
LED-Illuminated round walkway lights mounted between front sanding valve doors; rectangular walkway lights mounted between rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
Blanked front class lights with round plate
Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
Vapor Corporation cab roof mounted HVAC unit
Front EMD-style low pilot plow with multiple unit (MU) hose doors and 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
Pilot face mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Front anticlimber support mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
Narrow “blunt” front anticlimber
Handrail set with anticlimber front; outward facing rear end rail mounting brackets and chain
Rear late “fixed” drop step
Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
88” low short hood with wheel handbrake and round vent on lower right side
Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers and horizontal stiffener rib
Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
Retrofitted headlight cut into nose; blanked number board light
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 mirrors mounted fore of cab side windows on both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with short sunshade tracks
Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) and conduit on ground plane mounted on cab roof
Small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (Locotrol/EOT) and conduit on ground plane on cab roof
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
Angled 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 recorder mounted to first axle on left front
Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
Short jacking pads (late)
Spare knuckle holders mounted to truck sideframes
Aft engineer’s side sidesill notch
Tab-mount EFCO
Frame-mounted steel bell
Graham-White (Prime) brand 975-075 dual air filter set (can style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, and round gauge on stand
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
Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
Packaging safely stores the 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 road numbers
Series 5170 to 5192; built 11/81-12/81
Road number 5174
Era: 1980s to early 1990s appearance
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR24 horn with clearance bracket relocated to dynamic brake housing
Front deck mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Road number 5176
Era: 1980s to early 1990s appearance
Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-3-LR horn mounted with clearance bracket relocated to dynamic brake housing
Front deck mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Deck mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
No truck ground lights (prototype not equipped)
LED-Illuminated round walkway lights mounted between front sanding valve doors; rectangular walkway lights mounted between rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
Blanked front class lights with round plate
Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
Vapor Corporation cab roof mounted HVAC unit
Front EMD-style low pilot plow with multiple unit (MU) hose doors and 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
Pilot face mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
Front anticlimber support mounted dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles
"Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
Narrow “blunt” front anticlimber
Handrail set with anticlimber front; outward facing rear end rail mounting brackets and chain
Rear late “fixed” drop step
Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
88” low short hood with wheel handbrake and round vent on lower right side
Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers and horizontal stiffener rib
Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
Retrofitted headlight cut into nose; blanked number board light
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 mirrors mounted fore of cab side windows on both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with short sunshade tracks
Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) and conduit on ground plane mounted on cab roof
Small Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (Locotrol/EOT) and conduit on ground plane on cab roof
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
Angled 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 recorder mounted to first axle on left front
Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HTC trucks
Short jacking pads (late)
Spare knuckle holders mounted to truck sideframes
Aft engineer’s side sidesill notch
Tab-mount EFCO
Frame-mounted steel bell
Graham-White (Prime) brand 975-075 dual air filter set (can style)
4,000-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, and round gauge on stand
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
Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
Packaging safely stores the 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.