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 ICE road numbers
  • New Roadname
  • Phase III
  • Operating front flat top deck mounted ditch lights
  • Lighted rear pilot mounted ditch lights
  • Tall SP/UP style snowplow
  • Front and rear train line hoses with silver tips
  • Front and rear M.U. hoses with silver tips
  • Pilot mounted or truck sideframe mounted spare knuckle brackets or boxes as appropriate per roadnumber
  • Front and rear late coupler cut levers with loops
  • Blunt front anticlimber
  • Round nose vent on right side
  • Toilet hatch
  • Latched and hinged battery box doors with dual louvers
  • Late cab without louvers
  • Welded cab side plate with arm rest
  • Oscitrol warning light blanking plate
  • Rectangular cab vent on left side
  • Mirrors/windwings fore of cab side windows
  • Cab sunshades with rivet strip and long
  • Nathan K5HR24 air horn
  • Dustbin mounted antenna ground plane with large Sinclair radio antenna and conduit
  • Late ECAFB
  • Angled blower housing
  • Late inertial intake grilles
  • Late dynamic brake hatch with T vent and contactor door
  • Early turbo exhaust silencer stacks
  • Corrugated radiator grilles
  • “Q” radiator fans
  • Angled radiator fan grab iron
  • Walkway toolbox
  • Late rear drop step
  • Underframe mounted bell
  • Prime air filter
  • 3,600 gallon fuel tank with vertical sight glass
  • Blomberg-M trucks with rubber springs and Hyatt bearings
  • Intermediate speed recorder mounted on the 2nd axle, engineer’s side

ROADNUMBER FEATURES

• #4200 City of Kansas
  • 88” nose with brake wheel with deleted SP light package
  • SP nose light blanking plate
  • Vapor air conditioner
  • Pilot mounted M.U. receptacle
  • Era: 2006+

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.