Athearn
HO SD70M with DCC & Sound, CSX/Ex-EMDX #4694
Regular price
$199.99
CSX FEATURES:
After their service as EMDX leasers, CSX acquired the distinctive group of burgundy SD70Ms in the early 2000s. Instead of being immediately repainted, the units received a simple patch job on the side of the cab and continued in service for many years looking much as they did when new.
- First time for CSX ex-demo units with the revised tooling
- Early SD70M body
- Nathan P-3 horn
- Small can & whip antennas
- MU receptacles & cables on each end
- HTCR trucks
- Prime air filters
- Included, painted, but not installed: Optional digital fuel gauge (added by CSX to most units sometime after acquisition. Placement varies- consult prototype photos).
- SP style tall plow, burgundy cab roof
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
- Front / rear trainline and MU hoses with silver ends
- Coupler cut levers with loops per prototype
- Sunshades and sunshade tracks per prototype
- Roof details such as antennas, air conditioners, beacons, and conduits per prototype
- Operating ditch lights
- MU receptacles and cables per prototype
- Rear pilot spare face knuckles and brackets per prototype
- Early or late anticlimbers
- 3 or 4 step walkways
- AEI tags mounted on the frame or jacking pads per prototype
- Safety tread on the walkways
- Several types of fuel tanks, all featuring separate gauges, sight glasses, and breather piping
- Anti-glare panel painted on the nose
- Windshield wipers
- Tinted or clear cab windows per prototype
- Detailed and painted cab interior with control stand, display screens, detailed crew seats
- Standard or Freight-style brake wheel
- See-through radiator fans
- Lift rings
- Factory installed wire grab irons
- Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
- Underframe mounted bell- regular or electronic
- Low mount stepwell lights (non-operating)
- Dual sanding lines
- Rear pilot drop grab iron (MU hose retainer) per prototype
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with both 8- and 9-pin connector
- McHenry lower-shelf scale knuckle spring couplers
- Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
- Accurately painted and printed paint schemes
- 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 all popular brands of track
- Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
- Bidirectional 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”
- Recommended radius: 22”
SOUND EQUIPPED 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
- Excellent Slow speed control
- Operating lighting functions with F5 and/or F6 (Flashing ditch lights, beacon, etc)
- 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