Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Late 1970s to Early 1980s
Series C&O 4090 to 4099, built 12/71
C&O 4096
Front tall “Rock Pilot”, and rear short angled MU hose tray
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
“35-Line” cab with standard front windshields, and no armrests
Toilet vent pipe ahead of cab, with exhaust pipe on number board housing
“Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides
“Salem” small cab awning with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-3-LR horn (standard manifold) mounted on number board housing
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
ACI placards mounted on sidesills
C&O 4099
Front tall “Rock Pilot”, and rear short angled MU hose tray
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with “P”-shaped extensions
“35-Line” cab with standard front windshields, and no armrests
Toilet vent pipe ahead of cab, with exhaust pipe on number board housing
“Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides
“Salem” small cab awning with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-3-LR horn (standard manifold) mounted on number board housing
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
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*
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
“Late” tall deck-mounted multiple-unit (MU) receptacles, front and rear
“Tall” stepwells with “tab” pilots, front and rear
End handrails with deck-mounted stanchions, front and rear
Front and rear early small deck extension
Positionable straight (late) drop steps, front and rear
Late style scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
Late drop grabs and standard 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 non-terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
Dual right rear cab steps
Late cab step guards (short taper)
No hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
Standard EMD high headlight with glare visors in numberboard housing
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, early seats, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Standard “whip” communications antenna base mounted to cab roof
Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and late inertial drain hole placement (close spacing on engineer’s side, high on fireman’s side)
Small ECAFB
Screened spare knuckle basket on walkway behind ECAFB
Late (ribbed) blower duct housing
Late long handrail stanchion spacing with all “tall” stanchions overall
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Late standard-range dynamic brake housing (long tapers), with rectangular vent
See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
Rectangular-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
Late rear sander door catch placement (outboard)
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
Standard 4 jacking pads
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
3600-gallon fuel tank with late mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on right side, fuel tank drain bar condensation boxes, and late front and rear drain bars
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
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: Late 1970s to Early 1980s
Series C&O 4090 to 4099, built 12/71
C&O 4096
Front tall “Rock Pilot”, and rear short angled MU hose tray
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
“35-Line” cab with standard front windshields, and no armrests
Toilet vent pipe ahead of cab, with exhaust pipe on number board housing
“Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides
“Salem” small cab awning with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-3-LR horn (standard manifold) mounted on number board housing
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
ACI placards mounted on sidesills
C&O 4099
Front tall “Rock Pilot”, and rear short angled MU hose tray
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with “P”-shaped extensions
“35-Line” cab with standard front windshields, and no armrests
Toilet vent pipe ahead of cab, with exhaust pipe on number board housing
“Salem” combination mirror & windshield wing mounted ahead of the cab side windows, both sides
“Salem” small cab awning with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-3-LR horn (standard manifold) mounted on number board housing
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
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*
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
“Late” tall deck-mounted multiple-unit (MU) receptacles, front and rear
“Tall” stepwells with “tab” pilots, front and rear
End handrails with deck-mounted stanchions, front and rear
Front and rear early small deck extension
Positionable straight (late) drop steps, front and rear
Late style scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
Late drop grabs and standard 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 non-terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
Dual right rear cab steps
Late cab step guards (short taper)
No hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
Standard EMD high headlight with glare visors in numberboard housing
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, early seats, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Standard “whip” communications antenna base mounted to cab roof
Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and late inertial drain hole placement (close spacing on engineer’s side, high on fireman’s side)
Small ECAFB
Screened spare knuckle basket on walkway behind ECAFB
Late (ribbed) blower duct housing
Late long handrail stanchion spacing with all “tall” stanchions overall
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Late standard-range dynamic brake housing (long tapers), with rectangular vent
See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
Rectangular-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
Late rear sander door catch placement (outboard)
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
Standard 4 jacking pads
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
3600-gallon fuel tank with late mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on right side, fuel tank drain bar condensation boxes, and late front and rear drain bars
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
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