Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
All-new model
New roadname
New paint scheme
New road numbers
Era: 1989 – Mid-1990s
Series NS 50 to 59, ex-NKP 340-359, built March/April 1957
NS 50:
No ditch lights
No MU hoses
No MU receptacles
Standard EMD bell mounted on end of rear fuel tank
Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-5T-R horn on long hood roof behind cab
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
Rebuilt sidesills with blanked access doors
NS 51:
No ditch lights
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
Pilot-face mounted MU receptacle on right side, and blanked field loop receptacle, left side
Dual dummy MU receptacles on pilot faces
EMD bracket-mounted bell installed on high short hood end
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan P5 (P135R24) horn on long hood roof behind cab
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
Rebuilt sidesills with blanked access doors on right side, and modified doors on left side
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated walkway lights on hood ends *
Deleted class lights on high short hood, and blanked class lights on long hood end
High short hood and long hood end number boards
Rebuilt front and rear pilot faces
Semi-scale “fabricated” style replacement coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with retrofitted “P” shaped grab handles
As-delivered pilot faces without uncoupling lever loop notches
Rebuilt stepwells with late EMD steps and poling pockets
“Channel” style handrail stanchions with end gangways with chain
Front and rear “step-down” drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
High short hood with left-side doors blanked, and welded roof hatch
Standard sub-base
Late-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Cab with standard armrests on left side
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and retrofitted late control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on left side of cab
2-panel all-weather windows mounted on right cab side
Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks on left cab side
Standard bolted electrical cabinet roof hatch
Non-dynamic brake housing
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
Retrofitted Salem air filter (accordion style)
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses 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: 1989 – Mid-1990s
Series NS 50 to 59, ex-NKP 340-359, built March/April 1957
NS 50:
No ditch lights
No MU hoses
No MU receptacles
Standard EMD bell mounted on end of rear fuel tank
Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-5T-R horn on long hood roof behind cab
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
Rebuilt sidesills with blanked access doors
NS 51:
No ditch lights
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
Pilot-face mounted MU receptacle on right side, and blanked field loop receptacle, left side
Dual dummy MU receptacles on pilot faces
EMD bracket-mounted bell installed on high short hood end
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan P5 (P135R24) horn on long hood roof behind cab
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antenna mounted on top of the high short hood
Rebuilt sidesills with blanked access doors on right side, and modified doors on left side
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-illuminated walkway lights on hood ends *
Deleted class lights on high short hood, and blanked class lights on long hood end
High short hood and long hood end number boards
Rebuilt front and rear pilot faces
Semi-scale “fabricated” style replacement coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with retrofitted “P” shaped grab handles
As-delivered pilot faces without uncoupling lever loop notches
Rebuilt stepwells with late EMD steps and poling pockets
“Channel” style handrail stanchions with end gangways with chain
Front and rear “step-down” drop steps
Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD “dot” style pattern
High short hood with left-side doors blanked, and welded roof hatch
Standard sub-base
Late-style EMD LED-illuminated headlight housing with lenses, front and rear
Cab with standard armrests on left side
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and retrofitted late control stand
Sliding cab side windows
Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on left side of cab
2-panel all-weather windows mounted on right cab side
Standard EMD sunshades with long sunshade tracks on left cab side
Standard bolted electrical cabinet roof hatch
Non-dynamic brake housing
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
Retrofitted Salem air filter (accordion style)
Single 1,200-gallon fuel tank mounted to the rear with dual staggered sight glasses 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