Description
Railroad Short Name: SOU
#5011, #5027, #5038, & #5040 FEATURES:
- Models represent units from Southern’s first GP38-2 order
- DCC+Sound units feature prototypical long hood forward operation
- Large “switcher” step wells
- Small cab sunshades
- Long hood mounted walkway lights
- Firecracker antennas
- Chicken wire radiator grilles
- Front and rear mounted 3-chime air horns
- Long hood mounted bell
- Handrails painted all black; step edges painted white (As-delivered configuration)
#5011H, 5027W:
- Oil bath style filter
#5038L, 5040F:
- Rebuilt angled paper air filter
- AGS sub-lettering on cab
- Handrail verticals and step edges pained yellow (Late 1970s modification)
Locomotive Features:
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
- Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
- Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
- Coupler cut levers
- MU hoses
- Trainline hose
- See through cab windows
- Full cab interior
- Walkway tread
- Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
- Windshield wipers
- Lift rings
- Wire grab irons
- Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes
- Sander lines
- McHenry scale knuckle couplers – Kadee compatible
- Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- LED Lighting for realistic appearance
- Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
#5016, & #5034 Locomotive Features
- Walkway tread
- Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
- 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
- Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder
- Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
- Some functions are limited in DC
- Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
- All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Slow speed control
- Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unity only horn, bell, and lights
- Lighting effects such as alternating ditch lights, Gyralight where prototypically accurate
- Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
- CV chart included in the box
- 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″
- For a complete list of features, visit the Athearn website
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