Scaletrains Ho Scale SD40T-2 Southern Pacific/Roman Lettering DCC & Sound *Reservation*

SKU #'s

SXT31691 Cab #8560

SXT31693 Cab #8568

SXT31695 Cab #8514

SXT31697 Cab #8556

*Pre-Order Deadline is July 22ndst, 2019. Orders made after which are subjected to availability. Price is $369.99 CDN + Tax + Shipping. Price is subject to fluctuation due to exchange with the US Dollar. Price will be based of the USD price $269.99.  No Initial Deposit Necessary. A deposit of $50 will be required upon pre-order deadline.  Shipping is not free. Shipping rate will be determined upon products arrival. If no deposit is made the order will be cancelled. If you are a US customer and which to be billed in US funds, please contact me and i can send you invoice in US funds. * 

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• Series SP 8499-8573, built November 1978- March 1979
  • 8560
    • Era represented by paint and detail configuration: mid-1980s through early1990s
  • 8568
    • Era represented by paint and detail configuration: mid-1980s through early1990s
    • FRA air test stickers on the cab
  • 8514
    • Era represented by paint and detail configuration: early to mid 1990s
    • Walkway-mount operating LED standard height ditch lights added to front anticlimber
  • 8556
    • Era represented by paint and detail configuration: early to mid 1990s
    • Walkway-mount operating LED tall ditch lights added to front anticlimber
• Deleted SP lighting package
• Blanked front and rear class lights
• Modified cab L-Window
• Operating LED Prime PM-8911 Stratolite beacon added to cab roof
• Los Angeles “home port” stencils below cab number
• Front tall SP plow
• Large “blunt” front anticlimber
• 88” low short hood with wheel handbrake
• Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
• Bolted battery doors with wide louvers
• Nathan P-3 Horn with clearance bracket mounted on number board housing
• Cab with bolted side window panels, sunshades, and long sunshade tracks
• Small mirrors mounted fore and aft of cab side windows
• Vapor air conditioner
• Cab roof antenna conduit and antenna ground plane on dustbin with whip antenna base
• Early electrical cabinet “zig-zag” seam
• Welded ECAFB (late)
• Intermediate inertial air intake grills
• Extended-range dynamic brake housing without batten strip and late (latched) radiator fan access doors
• See-through etched-metal radiator intake screens
• Etched-metal radiator exhaust grills with radiator shutters visible underneath
• Detailed see-through radiator intake compartment with front and rear bulkheads, floor treadplate, and fan motor detail
• Front straight uncoupling lever with loop handles
• Rear straight uncoupling lever
• 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Front notched pilot faces with lifting slots
• SP-style 4-hole jacking plates
• Frame-mounted steel bell
• Prime air filter (can style)
• Highly detailed 4,400-gallon fuel tank with front and rear fuel fillers
• Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearings, sanding lines and brackets, late center axle snubber, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
• Speed recorder on first axle

Rivet Counter SD40-2T “Tunnel Motor” Locomotives Also Feature

• Specially-designed low-profile drivetrain means the rear gear tower and driveshaft are completely hidden
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Printed and LED lighted number boards
• Dimensionally accurate truck centers
• Correct stepwell angles and dimensions
• Scale sectioned treadplate detail on the walkways
• Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
• Accurate hood door and long hood detail
• Accurately profiled dynamic brake housings 
• See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
• Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
• Sliding cab windows
• Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, snowplows, horns, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
• Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with ScaleTrains.com durable metal semi-scale E Type knuckle couplers
• Directional LED headlights
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pick-up
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
• Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
• Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
• Packaging safely stores model
• Minimum radius: 18”
• Recommended radius: 22”