Scaletrains Rivet Counter Ho Scale GP40 DGR&W Rio Grande (Billboard Lettering) DCC & Ready *Reservation*

Scaletrains Rivet Counter Ho Scale GP40 DGR&W Rio Grande (Billboard Lettering) DCC & Ready *Reservation*

SKU #'s

SXT40176 Cab #3087

SXT40178 Cab #3088

SXT40180 Cab #3089

SXT40182 Cab #3090

SXT40184 Cab #3092

SXT40186 Cab #3093

*Pre-order discount of $15 per locomotive will be applied on invoice*

Pre-Order Estimated price is $275.99 CDN + Tax + Shipping. Price will be subject to change to fluctuation in exchange rate. Price in USD is $199.99  A deposit of $50 will be required upon pre-order deadline. 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


  • All-new model
  • Era: 1970s-era 
  • Series 3086 to 3093, built Nov/1971
  • D&RGW 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, and 3093:
    • EMD square-corner “Burnham” number boards
  • D&RGW 3092:
    • Original EMD number boards
  • 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 (clear lenses) mounted in low short hood*
  • LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets***
  • Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
  • * Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC

    *** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and changing colors an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC

  • Front EMD low plow with MU hose doors
  • 3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
  • Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
  • Front and rear straight uncoupling levers without loop handles
  • Square-corner pilot face with angled lifting slots, front and rear
  • “Late” tall deck-mounted multiple-unit (MU) receptacles, front and rear
  • “Tall” stepwells with “zig-zag” pilots, front and rear
  • End handrails with deck-mounted stanchions, front and rear
  • Front and rear early small deck extension
  • Positionable straight (late) drop steps, front and rear
  • Late treadplate
  • 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake
  • Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
  • Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and tab-style (early) hinges
  • Early cab sub-base doors with non-terminating reinforcement ribs, both sides
  • Dual right rear cab steps
  • Late cab step guards (short taper)
  • Hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
  • Standard EMD high headlight with glare visors in numberboard housing
  • “35-Line” cab with standard armrests, and flag holder bracket on right side (D&RGW)
  • Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, rear wall, early seats, and standard AAR control stand
  • Positionable cab side windows
  • Tall square-corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window, both sides of cab
  • Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
  • Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime M3 (M3R1) horn mounted on number board housing
  • Excalibur low-profile “ice skate” communications antenna mounted to cab roof
  • Long hood with standard electrical cabinet seam, bolted generator compartment door, and late inertial drain hole placement (close spacing on engineer’s side, high on fireman’s side)
  • Small ECAFB
  • Late (ribbed) blower duct housing
  • Late long handrail stanchion spacing with all “tall” stanchions overall
  • Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails 
  • Standard turbo exhaust stack
  • Late standard-range dynamic brake housing (long tapers), with rectangular vent
  • See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill 
  • Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
  • Rectangular-mesh radiator intake screening
  • See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
  • Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
  • Curved radiator fan grab iron
  • Rear LED-illuminated horizontal headlight and standard housing
  • Late rear sander door catch placement (outboard)
  • Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
  • Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
  • Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at both ends of trucks
  • Rust-color painted wheelsets
  • Early EMD speed recorder mounted to right #1 axle
  • “McCarty” type re-rail frogs
  • ACI labels mounted to blower duct on left side, and rear cab step kickplate on right side
  • Standard 4 jacking pads
  • Frame-mounted bell
  • Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
  • Separately-applied brake vent regulator valve and plumbing detail on underbody
  • 3600-gallon fuel tank with late mounting brackets, inset dial gauge on both sides, and late rear drain bar
  • Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
  • Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting with hose
  • Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
  • Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
  • Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
  • Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
  • Dual flywheels
  • All-wheel drive
  • All-wheel electrical pick-up
  • Directional LED-illuminated 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”

      C$275.99 C$260.99

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