Description
Railroad Short Name: DRGW
- Era: mid-1980s to early 1990s, series 5356-5373, built 1975
- Road number 5359
- “Faded” ACI labels mounted on plates attached to handrail stanchions
- “McCarty” type re-rail frogs, painted yellow
- Road number 5362
- ACI label plate on stanchions with label painted-out
- “McCarty” type re-rail frogs, painted yellow
- Road number 5371
- ACI label plate on stanchions with label painted-out
- “McCarty” type re-rail frogs, painted black
- Operating LED Mars SBW-2-301 signal light in low short hood
- Operating LED front tri-color flush-mounted with raised gasket and stand-off rear class lights
- Front EMD-style low pilot plow with MU hose doors and grab irons
- Front early small deck extension
- Early front drop step (pivoting)
- “Tall” stepwells with see-through steps
- Rectangular walkway lights (non-operating)
- 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and straight chain guard
- Bolted battery box doors with narrow louvers
- Early cab sub-base doors with early hinges
- Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
- Lost-wax brass Nathan M3R1 (“M-3”) three-chime horn; mounted center rear of number board housing
- Dash-2 Cab with bolted side window panels and D&RGW blue flag bracket
- Standard mirror mounted fore of cab side windows, both sides
- Rectangular cab vent on engineer’s side
- Standard EMD sunshades and long sunshade tracks
- Large Sinclair Excalibur “ice skate” antenna (communications) and small wedge antenna (EOT telemetry) mounted on cab roof
- Early electrical cabinet “zig-zag” seam, further from rear of cab
- Stand-off ECAFB (early)
- Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail
- Extended-range dynamic brakes
- Front straight uncoupling levers with loop handles and two inner and two outer mounting brackets; straight rear uncoupling lever with four mounting brackets
- Handrail set with inward facing end rail mounting brackets, rear anticlimber and chain
- 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
- Deck-mounted MU receptacle
- Notched pilot faces with low mounted angled lifting slots
- Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
- Sill-mount EFCO
- Frame-mounted bell
- Salem air filter (accordion style)
- Air tanks with fluid drain pipes on sides of fuel tank
- 4,000-gallon fuel tank with dual fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank and vertical breather pipe
- Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, early center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
- Speed recorder third axle, right side
- Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-010 Black
Locomotive Features
- Fully assembled (except undecorated)
- Specially designed low-profile drivetrain with completely hidden rear gear tower and driveshaft
- Detailed see-through radiator intake compartment with front and rear bulkheads, floor treadplate, and fan motor details
- Etched-metal radiator exhaust grills with radiator shutters visible underneath
- Multiple road numbers
- Printed and LED lighted number boards
- Dimensionally accurate truck centers
- Scale sectioned treadplate detail on the walkways
- Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
- Accurate hood door and long hood detail
- Accurately profiled dynamic brake housings
- See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
- Sliding cab windows
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, snowplows, horns, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
- Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with die-cast metal semi-scale E Type knuckle couplers
- Directional LED headlights
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18″
- Recommended radius: 22″
DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature
- Operable using a DC power pack
- DCC ready with 21-pin connector
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