Scale Trains HO Rivet Counter SD45 Norfolk & Western “Pevler Blue”

Description

Railroad Short Name: NW

Locomotive Features:

Road number 1771, 1782 and 1785

• Era: Feb 1970 through mid-1970s
• Series 1765-1789, built 2-70 Phase IIb2
• Early (short forward taper) standard-range dynamic brakes

Road numbers 1810 and 1812

• Era: Feb 1969 through mid-1970s
• Series 1790-1814, built 12-69 Phase IIb2
• Includes both early (short forward taper) standard-range dynamic brakes as well as early (short forward taper) standard-range dynamic brakes with retrofitted cooling vents and “T” vent on top of roof

All Norfolk & Western SD45s include:

• 81” high short hood
• Headlight mounted in top of high short hood
• High bell mounted a top of short hood
• Leslie RS-5T-R Horn mounted to top of short hood
• ­­Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted on top of short hood
• Operating LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket
• Front and rear MU hose catch trays with footboards
• Front and rear early small deck extension
• Pivoting front and rear drop steps
• “Short” stepwells with see-through steps
• “Late” pattern walkway treadplate
• Rectangular walkway lights (non-operating)
• Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers
• Latched cab sub-base doors with early hinges
• Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
• “35-Line” cab without center front windshields
• Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on both sides of cab
• Small shades
• No cab vents
• Standard electrical cabinet seam and bolted alternator door
• Small ECAFB
• Early (smooth) blower duct housing
• Chickenwire-pattern radiator intake grille mesh
• Photoetched concentric ring grille
• ­­Short walkway duct with four short stanchions
• Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with four brackets and pilot face mounted long grabiron
• Handrail set with pilot face mounted outer end rail stanchions
• 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Late deck mounted MU receptacle
• Short “zig-zag” pilot face
• Tall jacking pads with holes
• Tab-mount EFCO button
• Salem air filter (accordion style)
• 4,000-gallon fuel tank with single fuel filler, single vertical fuel gauges, and round fuel gauge on both tank sides
• Detailed Flexicoil (high-mount brake cylinder) trucks with triple clasp brake shoes, Hyatt bearing caps and sanding lines and brackets
• Speed recorder second axle, left side

Rivet Counter SD45 Locomotives Also Feature:

• Fully assembled (except undecorated)
• Multiple road numbers
• Printed and LED-lighted number boards
• Scale sectioned walkway treadplate
• Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
• Accurate hood door and long hood details
• Inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
• Separately applied dust bin and exhaust stack
• Accurately profiled dynamic brake housings
• See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid
• 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, horns, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
• Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type “E” 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
• Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
• Packaging safely stores model
• Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
• 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