Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
All-new model
New roadname
New paint scheme
New road numbers
Era: 1977 to 1983; Series 6900 to 6924; ex-PRR 7600 to 7624, built 11/57 – 1/58
Road numbers 6909, 6912, 6916, 6920, 6921, and 6923
CR 6909
Fixed drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes with pointed debris deflector
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
CR 6912
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
CR 6916
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) mounted on the short hood roof
CR 6920
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes with pointed debris deflector
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
CR 6921
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
CR 6923
Standard drop steps
Front and rear flat pilot plates
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
Fully-assembled
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated walkway lights on hood ends *
LED-illuminated, tri-color front and rear class light housings on upper hood corners (SD9)**
High short hood and long hood end number boards
4-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 retrofitted straight grab handles
Modified pilot faces with tall uncoupling lever loop cutouts
Pilot-face mounted MU receptacles and blanked field loop receptacles, both sides
Standard SD9 stepwells with poling pockets
“Channel” style handrail stanchions with end gangways with chain
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
Standard high short hood
Standard sub-base
Standard sidesills with louvered access doors on right side
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Cab with standard 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 Leslie S-3-L horn mounted to long hood behind cab
Standard bolted electrical cabinet roof hatch
Separately-applied, tapered exhaust stacks
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
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 right front truck sideframe
Standard EMD bell mounted on end of rear fuel tank
Underbody air filter details
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with single sight glass and round inset dial gauge per side, and single 1,200-gallon fuel tank to the front
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 567C 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: 1977 to 1983; Series 6900 to 6924; ex-PRR 7600 to 7624, built 11/57 – 1/58
Road numbers 6909, 6912, 6916, 6920, 6921, and 6923
CR 6909
Fixed drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes with pointed debris deflector
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
CR 6912
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
CR 6916
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) mounted on the short hood roof
CR 6920
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes with pointed debris deflector
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
CR 6921
Standard drop steps
Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch boxes
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
CR 6923
Standard drop steps
Front and rear flat pilot plates
“Whip” antenna base mounted to high short hood roof
Fully-assembled
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated walkway lights on hood ends *
LED-illuminated, tri-color front and rear class light housings on upper hood corners (SD9)**
High short hood and long hood end number boards
4-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 retrofitted straight grab handles
Modified pilot faces with tall uncoupling lever loop cutouts
Pilot-face mounted MU receptacles and blanked field loop receptacles, both sides
Standard SD9 stepwells with poling pockets
“Channel” style handrail stanchions with end gangways with chain
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
Standard high short hood
Standard sub-base
Standard sidesills with louvered access doors on right side
Early-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Cab with standard 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 Leslie S-3-L horn mounted to long hood behind cab
Standard bolted electrical cabinet roof hatch
Separately-applied, tapered exhaust stacks
Dynamic brake housing with dual 36” fans
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 right front truck sideframe
Standard EMD bell mounted on end of rear fuel tank
Underbody air filter details
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with single sight glass and round inset dial gauge per side, and single 1,200-gallon fuel tank to the front
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 567C 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