Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Early 1970s to 1980s
Series BN 3020 to 3039; ex-CB&Q 620 to 639, built 02/68
3020 and 3023
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
3029
“Thin” BN road number on hood side
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to right #2 axle
3032, 3035, and 3039
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to right #2 axle
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated Mars SBWR-2-301 dual signal light (clear and red lenses) mounted in number board housing*
LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
“Late” MU hose catch box with footboards, front and rear
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
Full-width grab iron above uncoupling lever on front and rear pilot faces
“Late” tall deck-mounted multiple-unit (MU) receptacles, front and rear
“Tall” stepwells with “zig-zag” pilots, front and rear
End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions, and no gangway chains (solid), front and rear
Front and rear early small deck extension
No drop steps
Late style scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and tab-style (early) hinges
Early cab sub-base doors with terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
Dual right rear cab steps
Late cab step guards (short taper)
No hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
Standard EMD low headlight in face of short hood
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, late seats with armrests, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Tall square-corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window, both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-2 horn mounted on clearance bracket between #1 and #2 radiator fans
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted to number board housing
Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement (wide spacing on engineer’s side, low on fireman’s side)
Small ECAFB
Early (smooth) blower duct housing
Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Early standard-range dynamic brake housing (short tapers)
See-through 48” standard-height dynamic brake fan housing with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight and standard housing
Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at stepwell ends of trucks
Rust-color painted wheelsets
ACI label placards included in polybag for optional installation by the modeler
Standard 4 jacking pads
Frame-mounted bell
Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
Separately-applied brake vent regulator valve and plumbing detail on underbody
3600-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, tall sight glasses on front of tank, and early rear drain bar
Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting
Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive and 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” functions
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Turbocharged EMD 16-645 prime mover sounds
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
Road Number-Specific ScaleTrains
New roadname
Era: Early 1970s to 1980s
Series BN 3020 to 3039; ex-CB&Q 620 to 639, built 02/68
3020 and 3023
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
3029
“Thin” BN road number on hood side
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to right #2 axle
3032, 3035, and 3039
Early EMD speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to right #2 axle
Fully-assembled
Multiple road numbers
LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
LED-illuminated Mars SBWR-2-301 dual signal light (clear and red lenses) mounted in number board housing*
LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
4-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
“Late” MU hose catch box with footboards, front and rear
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
Square-corner pilot face, front and rear
Full-width grab iron above uncoupling lever on front and rear pilot faces
“Late” tall deck-mounted multiple-unit (MU) receptacles, front and rear
“Tall” stepwells with “zig-zag” pilots, front and rear
End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions, and no gangway chains (solid), front and rear
Front and rear early small deck extension
No drop steps
Late style scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and tab-style (early) hinges
Early cab sub-base doors with terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
Dual right rear cab steps
Late cab step guards (short taper)
No hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
Standard EMD low headlight in face of short hood
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, late seats with armrests, and standard AAR control stand
Positionable cab side windows
Tall square-corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window, both sides of cab
Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
Lost-wax cast brass Leslie S-2 horn mounted on clearance bracket between #1 and #2 radiator fans
Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted to number board housing
Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement (wide spacing on engineer’s side, low on fireman’s side)
Small ECAFB
Early (smooth) blower duct housing
Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
Standard turbo exhaust stack
Early standard-range dynamic brake housing (short tapers)
See-through 48” standard-height dynamic brake fan housing with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
Curved radiator fan grab iron
Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight and standard housing
Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at stepwell ends of trucks
Rust-color painted wheelsets
ACI label placards included in polybag for optional installation by the modeler
Standard 4 jacking pads
Frame-mounted bell
Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
Separately-applied brake vent regulator valve and plumbing detail on underbody
3600-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, tall sight glasses on front of tank, and early rear drain bar
Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting
Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
Dual flywheels
All-wheel drive and 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” functions
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Turbocharged EMD 16-645 prime mover sounds
ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors****
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts