Scaletrains Rivet Counter HO Scale GE DASH 8-40C, Norfolk Southern/Horsehead DCC & Sound *Reservation*

SKU #'s

SXT42612 Cab # 8716
SXT42614 Cab # 8721
SXT42616 Cab # 8735
SXT42618 Cab # 8738
SXT42620 Cab # 8740

Estimated Pre-Order price is $508.99 CDN + Tax + Shipping. Due uncertainty around what tariff percentage will be applied by Scaletrains to our cost at time of billing, along with the fluctuation with USD/CDN exchange rate, it is hard to give a accurate price. Estimated price is based on current situation (august 2nd, 2026).  A deposit of $50 will be required 1 month before products arrival when we can give customers accurate price. If no deposit is made the order will be cancelled. 

• All-new model
• Era: 2007 to 2017
• NS series 8714 to 8758; built 8-10/1992
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*
• Operating LED front and rear deck-mounted alternating ditch lights**
• Front and rear LED-illuminated number boards*
• Late, hinged walkway light access covers
• End of Train Device (EOTD) mounting bracket on right rear truck sideframe
• Tall snowplow with open doors and grab irons
• Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers, painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of couplers in service
• 5-step stepwells with see-through steps
• Walkway-mounted spare knuckle basket behind conductor’s side of cab
• Walkway with front and rear anticlimbers
• Later, split wide spaced anti-climber supports
• GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
• Wide, straight profile end handrails with locomotive cross-over access
• Front high (cab) mounted headlight 
• Late, flat top nose profile with flat side panels
• Single, center horizontal nose grab on raised mounting planes below nut, bolt, washer mounting details, and dual, outboard vertically mounted grab irons on raised mounting planes
• GE Spartan cab
• GE Spartan cab number board housing with marker light blanking plates
• Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation, and engineer’s AAR-style control stand
• Standard cab sub-base access doors
• Dual wind deflector mounted fore and aft of sliding cab windows on both sides
• Dual fire cracker antennas
• Late/modified side-mounted dynamic brake intake grilles
• Early curved engine cab profile
• Lost-wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5LA horn mounted on engine cab
• “Bathtub” exhaust silencer with extension
• 24 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on the sides and top of the radiator compartment
• Tall, forward radiator compartment door with latches
• Original, as-built radiator configuration
• High-mounted rear sand fill
• Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
• GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines, and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets
• Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelsets in service
• Speed recorder on left side third axle
• Dual Graham-White (Prime) 975-075 Air Filters
• Graham-White 975-100 “Twin Tower” Air Filter Dryer
• 5,000-gallon fuel tank with vertical weld seams
• Single fuel fills per side
• Vertical analog fuel gauges and “blanked” round gauges
• Late, angle iron bell mounting bracket
• Separate air tanks with upper mounting brackets
• Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face
• Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, 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 under magnification
• Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
• Packaging safely stores the model
• Recommended Radius: 22”