Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New road numbers
Era: 2005 to 2010
Road number 8554
Series 8552-8563; built 1984
Solid sill stripes and mismatched number boards
Phase Ib - Cab with rounded-corner doors, no embossed X-panels on the hood end or nose sides, stand-off radiator grills, and vertical grab iron strips on the long hood end
Left side dynamic brake cab: standard (dual blower) dynamic brake with see-through intake grilles
Dynamic brake cab roof with see-through etched metal dual panel grilles and visible blower motors
Right side dynamic brake cab: front two hinged and latched doors and bolted rear panel
GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
Wheel handbrake
Large plow in front, small plow in rear
Road number 8557
Series 8552-8563; built 1984
Hashmark sill stripes and replacement plows
Phase Ib - Cab with rounded-corner doors, no embossed X-panels on the hood end or nose sides, stand-off radiator grills, and vertical grab iron strips on the long hood end
Left side dynamic brake cab: standard (dual blower) dynamic brake with see-through intake grilles
Dynamic brake cab roof with see-through etched metal dual panel grilles and visible blower motors
Right side dynamic brake cab: front two hinged and latched doors and bolted rear panel
GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
Wheel handbrake
Large plows in both front and rear
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*
Operating LED-illuminated tricolor front and rear class lights with lenses**
Printed and LED-illuminated front and rear number boards*
Small front and rear snowplows with wire grab irons
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
See-through round-hole stepwell steps
Front and rear drop steps
GE “nub” tread plate on walkways
Short hood with blanked lower headlight housing
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and control stand
Cab sunshades
Sliding cab side windows
Dual wind deflector with mirror mounted fore and aft of sliding cab windows on both sides
Sunshades on both sides of cab
Dual Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antennas on cab roof (communication and End of Train EOT)
Nathan P135R24 horn mounted on engine compartment roof
See-through dynamic brake exhaust
24 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
Early 6-panel radiator exhaust grilles
Exhaust silencer with extension
Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and cabling
GSC trucks with Hyatt bearing housings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
Dual Graham-White (Prime) finned 075 air filters
Highly-detailed 4,400 gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, round and vertical fuel gauges
Air reservoirs with separate plumbing
Factory-applied wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, MU cables, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, underframe bell, and more
Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
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 & Sound decoder
Two (2) cube-type speakers
16-cylinder FDL-16 prime mover sound
ESU designed PowerPack with two (2) 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
*** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate
**** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
New road numbers
Era: 2005 to 2010
Road number 8554
Series 8552-8563; built 1984
Solid sill stripes and mismatched number boards
Phase Ib - Cab with rounded-corner doors, no embossed X-panels on the hood end or nose sides, stand-off radiator grills, and vertical grab iron strips on the long hood end
Left side dynamic brake cab: standard (dual blower) dynamic brake with see-through intake grilles
Dynamic brake cab roof with see-through etched metal dual panel grilles and visible blower motors
Right side dynamic brake cab: front two hinged and latched doors and bolted rear panel
GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
Wheel handbrake
Large plow in front, small plow in rear
Road number 8557
Series 8552-8563; built 1984
Hashmark sill stripes and replacement plows
Phase Ib - Cab with rounded-corner doors, no embossed X-panels on the hood end or nose sides, stand-off radiator grills, and vertical grab iron strips on the long hood end
Left side dynamic brake cab: standard (dual blower) dynamic brake with see-through intake grilles
Dynamic brake cab roof with see-through etched metal dual panel grilles and visible blower motors
Right side dynamic brake cab: front two hinged and latched doors and bolted rear panel
GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
Wheel handbrake
Large plows in both front and rear
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*
Operating LED-illuminated tricolor front and rear class lights with lenses**
Printed and LED-illuminated front and rear number boards*
Small front and rear snowplows with wire grab irons
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers
3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
See-through round-hole stepwell steps
Front and rear drop steps
GE “nub” tread plate on walkways
Short hood with blanked lower headlight housing
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and control stand
Cab sunshades
Sliding cab side windows
Dual wind deflector with mirror mounted fore and aft of sliding cab windows on both sides
Sunshades on both sides of cab
Dual Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” antennas on cab roof (communication and End of Train EOT)
Nathan P135R24 horn mounted on engine compartment roof
See-through dynamic brake exhaust
24 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
Early 6-panel radiator exhaust grilles
Exhaust silencer with extension
Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and cabling
GSC trucks with Hyatt bearing housings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
Dual Graham-White (Prime) finned 075 air filters
Highly-detailed 4,400 gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, round and vertical fuel gauges
Air reservoirs with separate plumbing
Factory-applied wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, MU cables, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, underframe bell, and more
Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
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 & Sound decoder
Two (2) cube-type speakers
16-cylinder FDL-16 prime mover sound
ESU designed PowerPack with two (2) 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
*** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate
**** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC