Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname and paint scheme
Era: 1981 to Mid-1990s
Series B&O 6904 to 6976
Rebuilt 1981-1983
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Chessie B&O 6906
Lost-wax brass cast Leslie SU-3L-R horn mounted on right side cab roof eave (alternate chime arrangement)
“Inverted” cab heater louvers
Short sunshade with long sunshade tracks
Underframe-mounted bronze bell
Bolted Chessie-style “mailslot” battery box doors with battery terminals visible inside
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated “hemisphere” walkway lights on hood ends, and at end of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated tricolor front and rear flush-mounted class lights with lenses and raised gaskets**
LED-illuminated, printed and backlit cab and long hood end number boards
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
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 retrofitted switchman grab handles
As-delivered pilot faces without uncoupling lever loop notches
Deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacle
Handrail set with center gangway chains
Front and rear standard drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD early “X” style pattern
81” GP30 low short hood with ratchet handbrake and square sand fill
Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on number board housing
GP30 cab with equal length on both sides
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall mirrors mounted fore and aft of cab side windows on both sides of cab
Small “whip” antenna base on forward section of cab roof
Accurate hood door and long hood detail
Late single-panel inertial compartment
Wire inertial air intake grills
Short turbo exhaust stack
Standard-range dynamic brakes with 48” fan
Late See-through dynamic brake intake grills with horizontal wires through vertical vanes
6-horizontal rib radiator intake grills
See-through front and rear 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fans; 36” pan-top center radiator fan
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Square door-style sand fill door on right side hood end
Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight with lenses
Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing
Detailed Blomberg-B trucks with Hyatt bearing housings; elliptical springs; end transom detail; separate sanding lines and brackets; and separate swing hanger detail
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
Speed recorder mounted to second axle on right front truck sideframe
2,600-gallon fuel tank with vertical gauges and fuel fill in sill skirt; round gauge on right side
Factory-applied wire grab irons, photoetched lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, air tanks, 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”
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Turbocharged 16-645D3A prime mover sound
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:
Operable on DC layouts
DCC-ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and changing colors requires an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
***“PowerPack” feature only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname and paint scheme
Era: 1981 to Mid-1990s
Series B&O 6904 to 6976
Rebuilt 1981-1983
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Chessie B&O 6906
Lost-wax brass cast Leslie SU-3L-R horn mounted on right side cab roof eave (alternate chime arrangement)
“Inverted” cab heater louvers
Short sunshade with long sunshade tracks
Underframe-mounted bronze bell
Bolted Chessie-style “mailslot” battery box doors with battery terminals visible inside
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated “hemisphere” walkway lights on hood ends, and at end of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated tricolor front and rear flush-mounted class lights with lenses and raised gaskets**
LED-illuminated, printed and backlit cab and long hood end number boards
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
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 retrofitted switchman grab handles
As-delivered pilot faces without uncoupling lever loop notches
Deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacle
Handrail set with center gangway chains
Front and rear standard drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD early “X” style pattern
81” GP30 low short hood with ratchet handbrake and square sand fill
Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
Front standard EMD LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on number board housing
GP30 cab with equal length on both sides
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall mirrors mounted fore and aft of cab side windows on both sides of cab
Small “whip” antenna base on forward section of cab roof
Accurate hood door and long hood detail
Late single-panel inertial compartment
Wire inertial air intake grills
Short turbo exhaust stack
Standard-range dynamic brakes with 48” fan
Late See-through dynamic brake intake grills with horizontal wires through vertical vanes
6-horizontal rib radiator intake grills
See-through front and rear 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fans; 36” pan-top center radiator fan
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Square door-style sand fill door on right side hood end
Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight with lenses
Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing
Detailed Blomberg-B trucks with Hyatt bearing housings; elliptical springs; end transom detail; separate sanding lines and brackets; and separate swing hanger detail
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
Speed recorder mounted to second axle on right front truck sideframe
2,600-gallon fuel tank with vertical gauges and fuel fill in sill skirt; round gauge on right side
Factory-applied wire grab irons, photoetched lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, air tanks, 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”
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Turbocharged 16-645D3A prime mover sound
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DC/DCC & sound-ready locomotives also feature:
Operable on DC layouts
DCC-ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and changing colors requires an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
***“PowerPack” feature only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout