Scaletrains Rivet Counter Ho Scale SD45 IIb1, Rio Grande/Small Lettering DCC & Sound

SKU #'s

SXT39723 Cab #5330

SXT39725 Cab #5335

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• Era: Early 1980s through late 1980s 
• Road numbers 1799 and 1811
  • Norfolk & Western series 1790-1814, built 12-69, Phase IIb2 
  • Black with spelled out Norfolk & Western F7 ‘Claytor Scheme’
  • Additional speed recorder on the front right side, second axle
  • New road numbers
  • Rio Grande series 5325-5336, built 3:1968, Phase IIb1 
  • Road number 5330 
    • Late 1960s-1970s era
    • Small “Flying” lettering 
    • Lost-wax brass Nathan M3R1 (“M-3”) three-chime horn, center rear of number board housing
    • Low profile Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) mounted on cab roof
    • Early (short forward taper) extended-range dynamic brakes with retrofitted cooling vents and “T” vent on top of roof
    • Photoetched concentric ring fan grilles
    • Speed recorder second axle, left side
    • ACI labels mounted to blower duct on left side and rear cab step kickplate on right side
  • Road number 5335 
    • Late 1960s-1970s era
    • Small “Flying” lettering
    • Lost-wax brass Nathan M3R1 (“M-3”) three-chime horn, center rear of number board housing
    • Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) mounted on cab roof
    • Early (short forward taper) extended-range dynamic brakes with retrofitted cooling vents and “T” vent on top of roof
    • Photoetched concentric ring fan grilles
    • Speed recorder second axle, left side
    • ACI labels mounted to blower duct on left side and rear cab step kickplate on right side
  • 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 SBW-2-301 dual signal light in low short hood
  • LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket**
  • Front EMD-style low pilot snowplow with MU hose doors and grab irons, rear MU hose catch tray.
  • Front and rear early small deck extension
  • Pivoting front and rear drop steps
  • "Tall" stepwells with see-through steps and lifting slots
  • “Early” (“X”) pattern walkway treadplate
  • Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers
  • Cab sub-base doors with stiffener rib
  • 81” low short hood without handbrake
  • Standard EMD high headlight in numberboard housing
  • Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
  • “35-Line” cab with standard front windshields
  • Tall square corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on both sides of cab
  • Standard EMD sunshades mounted on long sunshade tracks
  • Standard EMD arm rests
  • No cab vents
  • Standard electrical cabinet seam and bolted alternator door
  • Small ECAFB
  • Early (smooth) blower duct housing
  • Standard-height dust bin
  • Standard-height exhaust stack
  • “Chickenwire” radiator intake grilles with diamond-pattern mesh screens
  • Standard-height fan housings
  • Photoetched concentric ring fan grilles
  • Long walkway duct with three short stanchions
  • Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with four brackets
  • Handrail set with pilot face mounted outer end rail stanchions
  • 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
  • Late deck-mounted MU receptacle
  • Tall “Zig-Zag” pilot plates with angled slot lifting eyes
  • Pilot face bracing detail behind stepwells
  • Tall jacking pads with holes
  • Sill-mount EFCO button
  • Frame-mounted bell
  • Salem air filter (accordion style)
  • 4,000-gallon fuel tank with dual fuel fillers, single vertical fuel gauges, and forward round fuel gauge on both sides of tank
  • Detailed Flexicoil-C (high-mount brake cylinder) trucks with Hyatt bearing caps and sanding lines and brackets
  • Speed recorder second axle, left side
  • “Butterfly” type re-rail frogs
  • Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much 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 even under magnification
  • Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
  • Packaging safely stores model
  • Minimum radius: 18”
  • Recommended radius: 22”