Originally purchased by Conrail, the EMD SD80MAC locomotive was passed on to the CSX and Norfolk Southern Railroads who split its locomotive pool in 1998. These units represent the most recent and modern versions of these particular locomotives, wearing the newest “Horsehead” and “Dark Future” paint schemes of the Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads, respectively. Notably, the Norfolk Southern version has a white “Unibrow” design around the number boards instead of the full “White face”, which marks this as the most current version of this specific NS paint scheme.

Features:

?The split metal frame mechanism is expected to be ''DCC-friendly'' (designed for easy drop-in installation of decoder).

?Equipped with bright white LED headlights.

?Lighted front-end ditch lights.

?Equipped with KATO automatic magnetic knuckle couplers.  

?Powerful KATO five-pole motor with dual brass flywheels and chemically blackened metal wheels.

?While these models are capable of operating on a 9-3/4'' radius curve, it is recommended they be run on curves no smaller than an 11'' radius to prevent the appearance of unrealistic overhang.

?Modeling era: 1995 to present.