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Scaletrains Rivet Counter Ho Scale EMD SD40T-2 Rio Grande/Late/Positive Traction Control DCC & Sound

Scaletrains Rivet Counter Ho Scale EMD SD40T-2 Rio Grande/Late/Positive Traction Control DCC & Sound

$434.99
Cab #

SKU #'s

SXT39869 Cab #5388

SXT39871 Cab #5396

SXT39873 Cab #5397


Road Number Specific ScaleTrains


      • Era: 1986 to mid 1990s 
      • Rio Grande series 5386 to 5397, built 8:1978
      • Fully-assembled
      • Multiple road numbers
      • LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
      • LED-illuminated-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
      • LED-illuminated box-mounted Pyle-National 20585 Gyralite signal light in low short hood*
      • LED-illuminated front and rear stand-off tri-color class lights**
      • Printed number boards with separately controlled backlit LED-illumination*
      • Directional LED headlights
      • “McCarty” type re-rail frogs
      • Front EMD-style low pilot plow without MU hose doors and grab irons
      • Front and rear 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
      • Front late small deck extension
      • Late front drop step (“fixed”)
      • Front "tall" stepwells with see-through steps and rear “ladder” steps
      • 88” low short hood with wheel handbrake
      • Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers
      • Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
      • Standard EMD headlight in numberboard housing
      • Dash-2 cab with bolted side window panels and D&RGW blue flag bracket
      • Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
      • Original cab front door 
      • Sliding cab side windows
      • Standard Mirror mounted fore of cab side windows, both sides
      • Rear cab side vent on left side
      • Standard EMD sunshades and long sunshade tracks
      • Lost-wax brass Nathan AirChime P24R1 (“P-3”) three-chime horn, center rear of number board housing
      • Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) and small wedge antenna mounted on cab roof
      • Early electrical cabinet "zig-zag" seam, further from rear of cab
      • Welded ECAFB (late)
      • Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail
      • Extended-range dynamic brake
      • Front straight uncoupling levers with loop handles and two inner and two outer mounting brackets
      • Straight rear uncoupling lever with four mounting brackets
      • Handrail set with inward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain; break-away stanchions on both ends
      • Handrail ends and step faces painted white
      • Front and rear 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
      • Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with ScaleTrains.com durable metal semi-scale E Type knuckle couplers
      • Notched pilot faces with high mounted angled lifting slots
      • Pilot-face mounted MU receptacle
      • "Tall" stepwells with see-through steps
      • Front late small deck extension rear full-width front pilot anticlimber
      • Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
      • Accurate hood door and long hood detail
      • Standard turbo exhaust stack
      • See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
      • See-through standard 48” dynamic brake fan housings with fan blades visible inside
      • Detailed see-through radiator intake compartment with front and rear bulkheads, floor treadplate, and fan motor detail
      • Etched-metal radiator exhaust grills with radiator shutters visible underneath
      • Separate radiator fan grab iron
      • Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
      • Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets (outboard only), and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
      • Retrofitted PTC wheel slip pickups on left side axles 1-3, and right side axles 4-6
      • Dimensionally accurate truck centers
      • Speed recorder third axle, right side
      • Forward facing handbrake chain mount for Flexicoil trucks
      • Tall jacking pads without holes (intermediate)
      • Sill-mounted EFCO
      • Frame-mounted bell
      • Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (accordion-style)
      • Air tanks with fluid drain pipes on sides of fuel tank
      • 4,400 gallon fuel tank with reinforced tank edges where sides meet the tank ends, dual fuel fillers, dual vertical gauges, round gauge on stand and vertical breather pipe 
      • 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
      • Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
      • Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
      • Packaging safely stores model
      • Recommended radius: 22”

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