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

SKU #'s

SXT39728 Cab #1773

SXT39730 Cab #1779

SXT39732 Cab #1800

SXT39734 Cab #1802

*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

• 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**
• * These lighting features will only function in with an ESU DCC decoder installed and operating in DCC.
• ** Class lights will only come on in white color in DC operation. Access to other colors and the ability to change colors is on accessible with an ESU DCC decoder installed and operating in DC
• 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”