HO GP39-2 with DCC & Sound CSX #4316

In the decade between 1974 and 1984, EMD produced the GP39-2 for seven North American railroads. The basic design followed most four axle road diesel switchers for the time. Borrowing improvements from the GP38-2 and GP40-2 designs, this mid-horsepower road switcher utilized a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD 645E3 diesel engine for it’s prime mover. With 4 fewer cylinders, the smaller engine provided a distinctive long hood on the phase II and phase III bodies, where the clean room/ engine compartment doors were set back from the cab further than predecessor locomotives. Sensitivity to fuel economy in the 1970s justified the GP39-2 in the locomotive market. It also laid the ground work for EMD to start exploring locomotive designs that utilize engines with larger piston displacement yet posess fewer cylinders. This approach has become the foundation to modern locomotive technology

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
  
• Flexible rubber MU hoses
  
• Flexible rubber 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 bulbs for realistic appearance
  
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
  
• Packaging securely holds model for safe storage

In the early 1990’s, CSX acquired ex-Reading GP39-2’s for system-wide service. These locomotives were perfect for local and switching duties. A few of them were merely patched with CSX lettering and renumbered before eventually being repainted into CSX’s “YN2” scheme. They are still being used today with most being repainted into CSX’s latest scheme.

CSX FEATURES:

• All Ex-Reading. Electrical cabinet door on engineer’s side
  
• YN2 repaints feature: Removed nose class lights, K5 horn, front
  ditch lights, EMD small plow, cab rain gutters, and our most current
  approved CSX colors.
  
• CSX patched units feature: Removed nose class lights, correct horn
  and patching per road number, EMD small plow, and cab rain gutters

SOUND EQUPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE

• Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
  
• Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
  
• Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
  
• Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
  
• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
  
• Precision slow speed control
  
• Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
  
• Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
  
• CV chart included in the box