Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
Series 4550 to 4574; ex FSRR 4550 to 4574, built 11-12/2004
Era: 2008 to present
Road numbers 4553 and 4558
Ferromex ‘Diabla’ scheme
Road number 4568
Ferromex ‘Diabla’ Scheme with Mexican flags on cab sides
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
Operating LED-illuminated front pilot face mounted ditch lights**
Operating LED-illuminated front, rear, and side walkway lights*
Printed low-mount cab number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
Tall snowplow with open doors and two (2) grab irons
Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
5-step stepwells with see-through steps
Walkway with front anticlimber
GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
Narrow profile end handrails
Front nose headlight
Nose door with window
Two-piece nose top grab irons
Battery cabinet access door without latch
GE safety cab with three (3) side windows
Right side cab under floor access doors: dual large louver panels per door
Left side cab under floor access doors: dual latch door with grille forward of the HVAC unit
Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation, and engineer’s desktop controls
In-cab grade crossing camera
Tinted cab side windows
Medium mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
Octagonal antenna dome
Late: two (2) tall, welded X-panels and three (3) large, bolted X-panels underneath
Continuous reinforcement rib under dynamic brake intake grilles
High-capacity dynamic brake exhaust (3-port)
Rearward right-side air intake grille
Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) short doors with latches on the #2 door; auxiliary cab filter box door
Capacitor box on left side walkway
Right side auxiliary cab: four (4) doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors
Late angled engine cab profile with tri-fold power assembly access doors
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab
Late non-flanged exhaust stack housing
“Bathtub” exhaust silencer
26 individually-applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
Right side late radiator door grilles in alternating heights
Standard brake wheel
Left rear hood door grille arrangement: tall, short, tall grilles
Low-mounted rear sand fill
Late angled lifting “tabs” on ends of radiator wings
Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
Early GE Steerable Trucks
Rotating axle bearing caps
No speed recorder
Dual Graham-White (Salem) 824-100 centrifugal air filters
No air dryer
5,000-gallon fuel tank with angled weld seam; clean out on left side
Single fuel fills per side
Vertical analog fuel gauges; “blanked” round gauges; and digital fuel gauges
Fuel tank mounted steel bell
Separate air tanks with lower mounting brackets, connector pipe, and connector pipe cover
Early square handbrake chain bracket
Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face
Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, and more
Motor with 5-pole, skew-wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Directional LED headlights
Printing and lettering legible 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 and Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” Functions
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
Series 4550 to 4574; ex FSRR 4550 to 4574, built 11-12/2004
Era: 2008 to present
Road numbers 4553 and 4558
Ferromex ‘Diabla’ scheme
Road number 4568
Ferromex ‘Diabla’ Scheme with Mexican flags on cab sides
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
Operating LED-illuminated front pilot face mounted ditch lights**
Operating LED-illuminated front, rear, and side walkway lights*
Printed low-mount cab number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
Tall snowplow with open doors and two (2) grab irons
Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
5-step stepwells with see-through steps
Walkway with front anticlimber
GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
Narrow profile end handrails
Front nose headlight
Nose door with window
Two-piece nose top grab irons
Battery cabinet access door without latch
GE safety cab with three (3) side windows
Right side cab under floor access doors: dual large louver panels per door
Left side cab under floor access doors: dual latch door with grille forward of the HVAC unit
Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation, and engineer’s desktop controls
In-cab grade crossing camera
Tinted cab side windows
Medium mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
Octagonal antenna dome
Late: two (2) tall, welded X-panels and three (3) large, bolted X-panels underneath
Continuous reinforcement rib under dynamic brake intake grilles
High-capacity dynamic brake exhaust (3-port)
Rearward right-side air intake grille
Left side auxiliary cab: three (3) short doors with latches on the #2 door; auxiliary cab filter box door
Capacitor box on left side walkway
Right side auxiliary cab: four (4) doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors
Late angled engine cab profile with tri-fold power assembly access doors
Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab
Late non-flanged exhaust stack housing
“Bathtub” exhaust silencer
26 individually-applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
Right side late radiator door grilles in alternating heights
Standard brake wheel
Left rear hood door grille arrangement: tall, short, tall grilles
Low-mounted rear sand fill
Late angled lifting “tabs” on ends of radiator wings
Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
Early GE Steerable Trucks
Rotating axle bearing caps
No speed recorder
Dual Graham-White (Salem) 824-100 centrifugal air filters
No air dryer
5,000-gallon fuel tank with angled weld seam; clean out on left side
Single fuel fills per side
Vertical analog fuel gauges; “blanked” round gauges; and digital fuel gauges
Fuel tank mounted steel bell
Separate air tanks with lower mounting brackets, connector pipe, and connector pipe cover
Early square handbrake chain bracket
Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face
Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, and more
Motor with 5-pole, skew-wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Directional LED headlights
Printing and lettering legible 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 and Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” Functions
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts