Scaletrains Rivet Counter Ho Scale SD45 Phase IIb2, Norfolk & Western/Large Block Lettering DCC & Sound *Reservation*

SKU #'s

SXT39727 Cab #1773

SXT39729 Cab #1779

SXT39731 Cab #1800

SXT39733 Cab #1802

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

Pre-Order Estimated price is $413.99 CDN + Tax + Shipping. Price will be subject to change to fluctuation in exchange rate. Price in USD is $299.99  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

• New paint scheme 
• Era: Early 1980s through late 1980s 
• Road numbers 1773
  • Norfolk & Western series 1765-1789, built 2-70, Phase IIb2
  • Black with large ‘Block Lettering’ F6a NW scheme
  • Additional speed recorder on front right side, third axle
  • Rear radiator fan replaced with pan style
• Road numbers 1789
  • Norfolk & Western series 1765-1789, built 2-70, Phase IIb2
  • Black with large ‘Block Lettering’ F6a NW scheme
  • Additional speed recorder on front right side, second axle
• Road numbers 1800 and 1802
  • Norfolk & Western series 1790-1814, built 12-69, Phase IIb2 
  • Black with large ‘Block Lettering’ F6a NW scheme
  • Additional speed recorder on the front right side, second axle
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Set up to run long hood forward
• Directional LED headlights
• Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
• Operating LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted above front sanding valve doors; rectangular walkway lights mounted between rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
• Operating LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket**
• Front and rear MU hose retainer grab irons
• Front and rear early small deck extension
• Pivoting front and rear drop steps
• “Short” stepwells with see-through steps
• “Late” pattern walkway treadplate
• Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers
• Latched cab sub-base doors with early hinges
• 81” high short hood
• Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
• “35-Line” cab without center front windshields
• Detailed cab interior with dual control stands
• Two-Pane all weather windows on both sides of cab
• No sun awning on cab sides
• No Arm rests
• No cab vents
• Lost-wax brass Leslie RS-5T-R Horn mounted to top of short hood
• Single Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted on top of short hood
• Standard electrical cabinet seam and bolted alternator door
• Small ECAFB
• Early (smooth) blower duct housing
• Standard-height dust bin
• Standard-height exhaust stack
• Early (short forward taper) standard-range dynamic brakes with retrofitted cooling vents, and “T” vent on top of roof
• “Chickenwire radiator grilles with rectangular-pattern mess screens
• Standard-height fan housings
• Photoetched concentric ring fan grilles
• Short walkway duct with four short stanchions
• Walkway mounted spare coupler knuckle basket
• Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with four brackets and upper loop extensions welded to ends of bar
• Handrail set with pilot face mounted outer end rail stanchions
• 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Late deck-mounted MU receptacle with attached permanent MU cable and dummy receptacle on deck
• Short “zig-zag” pilot face
• Pilot face bracing detail behind stepwells
• Tall jacking pads with holes
• Tab-mount EFCO button
• High bell mounted a top of short hood
• Salem air filter (accordion style)
• 4,000-gallon fuel tank with single fuel filler, single vertical fuel gauge, and round dial fuel gauge per side
• Detailed Flexicoil-C (high-mount brake cylinder) trucks with Hyatt bearing caps and sanding lines and brackets
• Speed recorder second axle, left side
• ACI label placards included in polybag for optional installation by the modeler
• 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
• Minimum radius: 18”
• Recommended radius: 22”