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

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”