Add a premium GE Dash 8-40C to your modern HO layout: the ScaleTrains Rivet Counter model, in CSX paint, captures this six-axle GE in exceptional detail.
The GE Dash 8-40C (class C40-8) is a 4,000 hp, six-axle diesel-electric powered by a turbocharged GE 7FDL-16 and controlled by microprocessor. Built by General Electric from 1987, this high-adhesion heavy-hauler handled road freight across North America.
This version recreates a CSX unit in the YN2 scheme with a white cab roof, supplied with an ESU LokSound 5 DCC and sound decoder and road-number and era-specific details.
Features
- GE Dash 8-40C (C40-8) diesel-electric locomotive, 4,000 hp, six-axle (C-C)
- Turbocharged GE 7FDL-16 prime mover (modeled engine sounds)
- Premium Rivet Counter line from ScaleTrains
- CSX (YN2, white cab roof) livery
- Factory-installed ESU LokSound 5 DCC and sound decoder with Full Throttle
- Passive-radiator speaker; horn, bell and auxiliary sounds
- ESU PowerPack with dual super-capacitors (keep-alive)
- LED lighting: directional headlights, pilot ditch lights, front/rear/side walkway lights
- LED-illuminated front and rear number boards
- Detailed cab interior: back wall, dash, high-back seats, conductor's workstation, AAR control stand
- Semi-scale metal Type E knuckle couplers with spare-knuckle basket
- 5-pole skew-wound motor, dual flywheels, all-wheel drive and pickup
- Minimum radius 18" (recommended 22"); Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Railroad, road-number and era-specific details
- HO scale
- Made by ScaleTrains
Add a premium GE Dash 8-40C to your modern HO layout: the ScaleTrains Rivet Counter model, in CSX paint, captures this six-axle GE in exceptional detail.
The GE Dash 8-40C (class C40-8) is a 4,000 hp, six-axle diesel-electric powered by a turbocharged GE 7FDL-16 and controlled by microprocessor. Built by General Electric from 1987, this high-adhesion heavy-hauler handled road freight across North America.
This version recreates a CSX unit in the YN2 scheme with a white cab roof, supplied with an ESU LokSound 5 DCC and sound decoder and road-number and era-specific details.
Features
- GE Dash 8-40C (C40-8) diesel-electric locomotive, 4,000 hp, six-axle (C-C)
- Turbocharged GE 7FDL-16 prime mover (modeled engine sounds)
- Premium Rivet Counter line from ScaleTrains
- CSX (YN2, white cab roof) livery
- Factory-installed ESU LokSound 5 DCC and sound decoder with Full Throttle
- Passive-radiator speaker; horn, bell and auxiliary sounds
- ESU PowerPack with dual super-capacitors (keep-alive)
- LED lighting: directional headlights, pilot ditch lights, front/rear/side walkway lights
- LED-illuminated front and rear number boards
- Detailed cab interior: back wall, dash, high-back seats, conductor's workstation, AAR control stand
- Semi-scale metal Type E knuckle couplers with spare-knuckle basket
- 5-pole skew-wound motor, dual flywheels, all-wheel drive and pickup
- Minimum radius 18" (recommended 22"); Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Railroad, road-number and era-specific details
- HO scale
- Made by ScaleTrains