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Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - SDP45 - Tsunami Soubd & DCC - Erie Lackawana (EL) #3638 - Bi Centennial Red, White, Blue (SKU 141-63686)

Available On: October 1, 2017

The SDP45 was developed in the late 1960's and is basically a SD45 with an extended frame to allow for the placement of a steam generator at the rear of the locomotive for passenger service. They initially were generally intended for passenger service, but Erie Lakawana used theirs for freight. As Amtrak took over passenger service, some units were used by Amtrak, while others were used in commuter service. These locomotives eventually left passenger service completely and finished their careers in the early 1990's in freight service. Today, there are few of these locomotives left intact.

Features:

  • Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
  • Multiple unit (MU) hoses with silver glad hands
  • Front and rear trainline air hose with silver glad hands
  • Horns per prototype
  • Factory applied windshield wipers
  • See through cab windows
  • Detailed and painted cab interior
  • Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
  • HT-C trucks with Timken bearings
  • McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers
  • Accurately painted and printed paint schemes
  • Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
  • Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
  • 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, 83, and 100 rail
  • Bidirectional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains constant
  • Minimum radius: 18”
  • Recommended radius: 22”
DCC w/Sound units feature:
  • Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder pre-installed
  • Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
  • Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
  • Some functions are limited in DC
  • All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
  • Slow speed control
  • Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
  • Lighting effects such as beacons, Gyralight where prototypically accurate
  • Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes, CV chart included in the box

Roadname/number specific features:

  • As-built EL freight service SDP45 (SD45M)
  • Carbody with 20-645 hood door arrangement, rear numberboards, and class lights
  • Low profile roof details:
    • Dust bin hatch
    • Dynamic brake fans
    • Exhaust stack
    • Engine compartment “T” vent
    • Radiator fans
  • Leslie SU-3L-R air horn mounted on low clearance bracket
  • Front and rear MU hose catch tray with bottom reinforcing strip
  • Trainline hoses with silver ends
  • 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver ends
  • Front and rear early “straight” coupler cut levers
  • Pilot grab irons
  • Front drop step
  • Front and rear deck-mounted MU stands
  • 81” short hood with SDP notched brake wheel and class lights and gaskets
  • Antiglare patch painted on top of nose
  • Dual single louver battery box doors and sub-base doors with stiffener rib
  • Standard “35-Line” cab with armrests and sunshade tracks
  • Dual control stands
  • Dual sealed beam cab headlight with anti-glare shields
  • Sunshades
  • Windwings without mirrors fore & aft
  • Large Sinclair “ice skate” antenna
  • Early ECAFB
  • Low profile standard range dynamic brake housing with retrofitted side vents
  • Rectangular grid radiator intake grilles
  • Pointed long hood end
  • Rear anticlimber
  • Rectangular builder’s plate
  • 5,000 gallon fuel tank
  • Salem air filter set with piping
  • Rear trainline hose with silver end
  • Frame mounted bell
  • Flexicoil-C Trucks with high brake cylinders and Hyatt bearings
  • Speed recorder
  • Dual end sanding lines
  • Era: 1975-1976






$289.98 US
Country of Origin: China