Introduced in 1975, the EMD SD40-2 has gone on to serve as the workhorse of railroads large and small across North America. Used by virtually every Class I and II and by many shortlines, this locomotive has endured the test of time and asked for more. Many examples are still in service today.

Features:

• Fully assembled and ready-to-run
• Separately applied wire grab irons
• Separately applied air tanks
• Fine scale Celcon handrails
• Trainline and MU hoses
• Standard twin sealed-beam headlight with
• anti-glare shields (unless noted)
• Sliding cab windows
• See-through dynamic brake (where applicable) and
• radiator fans
• Curved radiator fan grab iron
• Exhaust stack
• Frame mounted bell (unless noted)
• Detailed 4000 gallon fuel tank (unless capacity is noted)
• Speed recorder attached to appropriate axle per prototype
• HT-C early trucks (unless noted)
• McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers
• DCC ready
• Minimum radius: 18"
• Recommended radius: 22"

Road Number Specific Features:

• Front snowplow
• Late coupler cut levers
• Large anticlimber
• 88" nose with brakewheel
• Round nose vent on right side
• Standard late -2 4-window cab without roof seam and louvers
• Riveted cab side panels
• Cab signal box
• Mirrors/wind deflectors fore of windows
• Oval cab vent on left-side of cab
• Nathan P3 Air Horn
• Large Sinclair "ice skate" antenna and two small Sinclair "ice skate" antennas
• Intermediate -2 battery box door on left-hand side
• Horizontal split battery box door on right-hand side
• Welded ECAFB
• Extended range dynamic brake
• Corrugated radiator grilles
• Standard radiator fans
• Flexicoil trucks