Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Mid to Late 1970s
Series 340 to 381, built 9-12/1966, 01/1967
RI 347 and 353
Front EMD low plow with MU hose doors
Red/yellow repaint with “billboard” hood lettering
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
Straight grabs over MU hose groups, front and rear
“Early” angled deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles, single per end, front and rear
“Short” stepwells with nub-bottom pilots, front and rear
End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions, front and rear
Positionable tapered (early) drop steps, front and rear
Early style scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
Early straight grabs and “flipped” nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and tab-style (early) hinges
Early cab sub-base doors with terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
Single right rear cab step
Early cab step guards (long taper)
No hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
Standard EMD high headlight with glare visors in numberboard housing
“35-Line” cab with standard front windshields and standard armrests, both sides
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, early seats, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Mirrors / All-weather window
Single “Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides
Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime P5 (P135R24) horn mounted on number board housing
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted to cab roof
Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement (wide spacing on engineer’s side, low on fireman’s side)
No ECAFB
Early (smooth) blower duct housing
Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Non-dynamic housing
Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight and standard housing
Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at both ends of trucks
Rust-color painted wheelsets
GE-brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
ACI label placards included in polybag for optional installation by the modeler
Standard 4 jacking pads, with 4 extra pads next to stepwells
Non-dynamic housing side-mounted bell with air conduit
Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
Separately-applied brake vent regulator valve and plumbing detail on underbody
3200-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on right side, and early rear drain bar
Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting with hose
Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, 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
Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color:
TCP-260 Rock Island Maroon
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 16-645 prime mover sounds
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Mid to Late 1970s
Series 340 to 381, built 9-12/1966, 01/1967
RI 347 and 353
Front EMD low plow with MU hose doors
Red/yellow repaint with “billboard” hood lettering
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
Straight grabs over MU hose groups, front and rear
“Early” angled deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles, single per end, front and rear
“Short” stepwells with nub-bottom pilots, front and rear
End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions, front and rear
Positionable tapered (early) drop steps, front and rear
Early style scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
Early straight grabs and “flipped” nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and tab-style (early) hinges
Early cab sub-base doors with terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
Single right rear cab step
Early cab step guards (long taper)
No hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
Standard EMD high headlight with glare visors in numberboard housing
“35-Line” cab with standard front windshields and standard armrests, both sides
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, early seats, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Mirrors / All-weather window
Single “Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides
Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime P5 (P135R24) horn mounted on number board housing
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted to cab roof
Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement (wide spacing on engineer’s side, low on fireman’s side)
No ECAFB
Early (smooth) blower duct housing
Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Non-dynamic housing
Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight and standard housing
Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at both ends of trucks
Rust-color painted wheelsets
GE-brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
ACI label placards included in polybag for optional installation by the modeler
Standard 4 jacking pads, with 4 extra pads next to stepwells
Non-dynamic housing side-mounted bell with air conduit
Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
Separately-applied brake vent regulator valve and plumbing detail on underbody
3200-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on right side, and early rear drain bar
Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting with hose
Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, 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
Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color:
TCP-260 Rock Island Maroon
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 16-645 prime mover sounds
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts