Looking for an ultra-detailed six-axle unit lettered down to the road number? ScaleTrains' EMD SD40T-3 in their premium Rivet Counter line, in Bessemer & Lake Erie/Solid Sill Stripe paint, is exactly that kind of centerpiece.
Southern Pacific's "tunnel motors" — six-axle units with lowered radiator air intakes so they would not re-ingest their own exhaust in the tunnels and snowsheds of the Sierra Nevada — found a second life after the SP disappeared. The Bessemer & Lake Erie bought about a dozen and had them rebuilt in 1999-2000 as SD40T-3s for its ore trains between Lake Erie and Pittsburgh.
Features
- EMD SD40T-3, six-axle (C-C), 3,000 hp, turbocharged EMD 16-645E3 prime mover
- ScaleTrains' premium Rivet Counter line
- Bessemer & Lake Erie/Solid Sill Stripe paint scheme
- Era: 1999 to early 2000s
- Ex-SP/SSW units rebuilt for the B&LE in 1999-2000
- Railroad-specific AND road-number-specific details
- Factory-installed ESU LokSound V5 "Full Throttle" DCC and sound decoder
- Two cube-type speakers and supercapacitor PowerPack
- Turbocharged EMD 16-645E3 prime mover sounds
- Runs on DC and DCC
- Directional LED headlights, ditch lights and LED-lighted number boards
- Road-number-specific lost-wax cast-brass horn
- Lowered "tunnel motor" radiator air intakes
- Semi-scale die-cast metal Type E knuckle couplers
- Five-pole motor with dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive and all-wheel electrical pickup
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, lift rings and windshield wipers
- Runs on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Minimum radius: 22"; recommended: 24"
- HO scale
- Manufactured by ScaleTrains
Looking for an ultra-detailed six-axle unit lettered down to the road number? ScaleTrains' EMD SD40T-3 in their premium Rivet Counter line, in Bessemer & Lake Erie/Solid Sill Stripe paint, is exactly that kind of centerpiece.
Southern Pacific's "tunnel motors" — six-axle units with lowered radiator air intakes so they would not re-ingest their own exhaust in the tunnels and snowsheds of the Sierra Nevada — found a second life after the SP disappeared. The Bessemer & Lake Erie bought about a dozen and had them rebuilt in 1999-2000 as SD40T-3s for its ore trains between Lake Erie and Pittsburgh.
Features
- EMD SD40T-3, six-axle (C-C), 3,000 hp, turbocharged EMD 16-645E3 prime mover
- ScaleTrains' premium Rivet Counter line
- Bessemer & Lake Erie/Solid Sill Stripe paint scheme
- Era: 1999 to early 2000s
- Ex-SP/SSW units rebuilt for the B&LE in 1999-2000
- Railroad-specific AND road-number-specific details
- Factory-installed ESU LokSound V5 "Full Throttle" DCC and sound decoder
- Two cube-type speakers and supercapacitor PowerPack
- Turbocharged EMD 16-645E3 prime mover sounds
- Runs on DC and DCC
- Directional LED headlights, ditch lights and LED-lighted number boards
- Road-number-specific lost-wax cast-brass horn
- Lowered "tunnel motor" radiator air intakes
- Semi-scale die-cast metal Type E knuckle couplers
- Five-pole motor with dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive and all-wheel electrical pickup
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, lift rings and windshield wipers
- Runs on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Minimum radius: 22"; recommended: 24"
- HO scale
- Manufactured by ScaleTrains