Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
All-new model
New roadname
New paint scheme
New road numbers
Era: 1979 to Early 1990s
Series 1500 to 1539; ex-SP 1400-1442 and EMD 990, built 5/51 – 9/53, rebuilt 1/79 – 6/80
SP 1500
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (long)
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1518 (ex-EMD 990)
First EMD SD7 ever built, preserved at Illinois Railway Museum
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step) with poling pockets
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with single sight glasses per side
SP 1523
Late-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1530
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with blanked fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1533
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with blanked fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank at front, and single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1540
Late-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with blanked fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated walkway lights on hood ends*
LED-illuminated Pyle-National #20585 Gyralite dual clear signal light and #17540 single red Gyralite, mounted to a bracket on front and rear hood ends*
LED-illuminated, tri-color front and rear, door-mounted class light housings (SD7)**
High short hood number boards and blanked rear number boards
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
Semi-scale “cast” style coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles
Modified pilot faces with square uncoupling lever loop notches at upper corners
Pilot-face mounted MU receptacle and blanked field loop receptacle on right side
Standard SD7 stepwells – inset
“Pipe” style handrail stanchions with end gangways with chain
Front and rear standard drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
Standard high short hood with additional louvers on left side
Standard sub-base
Standard sidesills with louvered access doors on right side, and blanked charging receptacle on left side
Cab with large armrests
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and early control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan P3 (P24R1) mounted to cab roof
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
Separately-applied, tapered exhaust stacks
See-through dynamic brake intake grills with resistor grids behind intake vanes
Separately-applied photoetched radiator intake screens with intake shutters underneath
See-through 36” fan housings with separate fans, radiator core detail, and hood roof plumbing
Separately-applied sand fill hatches
Detailed EMD Flex-i-Coil “C1” trucks with separately applied brake plumbing, brake cylinders, and flexible neoprene rubber sanding lines
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
GE type speed recorder mounted to second axle on left front truck sideframe
Standard EMD bell mounted on end of rear fuel tank
Factory-applied wire grab irons, end ladders, photoetched lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, signal hoses with silver gladhands, air tanks with plumbing, 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” feature
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Prime mover sound
16-cylinder 567B 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
All-new model
New roadname
New paint scheme
New road numbers
Era: 1979 to Early 1990s
Series 1500 to 1539; ex-SP 1400-1442 and EMD 990, built 5/51 – 9/53, rebuilt 1/79 – 6/80
SP 1500
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (long)
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1518 (ex-EMD 990)
First EMD SD7 ever built, preserved at Illinois Railway Museum
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step) with poling pockets
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with single sight glasses per side
SP 1523
Late-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1530
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with blanked fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1533
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with blanked fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank at front, and single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
SP 1540
Late-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Standard SD7 stepwells (inset top and middle step)
Welded electrical cabinet roof hatch with extended cab roof “umbrella” (short)
Dynamic brake housing with blanked fans
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses per side
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated walkway lights on hood ends*
LED-illuminated Pyle-National #20585 Gyralite dual clear signal light and #17540 single red Gyralite, mounted to a bracket on front and rear hood ends*
LED-illuminated, tri-color front and rear, door-mounted class light housings (SD7)**
High short hood number boards and blanked rear number boards
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
Semi-scale “cast” style coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles
Modified pilot faces with square uncoupling lever loop notches at upper corners
Pilot-face mounted MU receptacle and blanked field loop receptacle on right side
Standard SD7 stepwells – inset
“Pipe” style handrail stanchions with end gangways with chain
Front and rear standard drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
Standard high short hood with additional louvers on left side
Standard sub-base
Standard sidesills with louvered access doors on right side, and blanked charging receptacle on left side
Cab with large armrests
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and early control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan P3 (P24R1) mounted to cab roof
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
Separately-applied, tapered exhaust stacks
See-through dynamic brake intake grills with resistor grids behind intake vanes
Separately-applied photoetched radiator intake screens with intake shutters underneath
See-through 36” fan housings with separate fans, radiator core detail, and hood roof plumbing
Separately-applied sand fill hatches
Detailed EMD Flex-i-Coil “C1” trucks with separately applied brake plumbing, brake cylinders, and flexible neoprene rubber sanding lines
Dimensionally accurate truck centers
GE type speed recorder mounted to second axle on left front truck sideframe
Standard EMD bell mounted on end of rear fuel tank
Factory-applied wire grab irons, end ladders, photoetched lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, signal hoses with silver gladhands, air tanks with plumbing, 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” feature
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Prime mover sound
16-cylinder 567B 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