GP40-2 FEATURES 

•     Walkway tread 
•     Fine-scale handrails for scale appearanc
•     Factory applied wire grab irons
•     Windshield wipers
•     See through cab windows
•     Cab interior
•     Sliding side cab windows
•     Metal lift rings
•     Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
•     DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with both 8- and 9-pin connector
•     Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, photographs, and more
•     Accurately painted and printed paint schemes
•     Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
•     Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
•     All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
•     All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
•     Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 70, 75, 83, and 100 rail
•     Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
•     Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains constant
•     Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
•     Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage
•     Minimum radius: 18"

NS ROADNAME FEATURES

• All NS road numbers
  • New Roadname
  • Operating pilot mounted ditch lights
  • Standard EMD low snowplow
  • Front and rear train line hoses with silver tips
  • Front and rear M.U. hoses with silver tips
  • Late coupler cut levers with loops
  • Cab signal box
  • 81” low nose with ratchet brake
  • Cab mounted dual sealed beam headlight with glare shields
  • Late cab without louvers
  • Riveted cab side plate with arm rest
  • Rounded blower housing
  • Intermediate inertial filter intake
  • Early dynamic brake with T vent
  • Early exhaust silencer stacks
  • Curved radiator grab iron
  • Short walkway duct extension
  • Underframe mounted bell
  • Salem air filter
  • Blomberg-B trucks with Hyatt bearing caps
  • Intermediate speed recorder

ROADNUMBER FEATURES

• #3003
  • Ex-Reading
  • Phase IIa
  • Blunt front anticlimber
  • M.U. stand
  • Class lights
  • Bolted and hinged battery box doors with long louver
  • Rectangular cab vent on left side of cab toward the front
  • Cab side mirror
  • Leslie S3LR air horn
  • Large Sinclair radio antenna
  • Late ECAFB
  • Corrugated radiator grilles
  • Standard radiator fans
  • Rear number boards
  • Late rear drop step
  • 3,600 gallon fuel tank with vertical sight glass
  • Era: 2004+

Athearn provides specific differences in painting, lettering and sometimes physical structure between locomotives to enhance overall prototipical accuracy. We are putting all pictures for each railroad on each number page to allow you to see the differences.