Athearn
HO SW1500, Amtrak #540
Regular price
$114.99
ROADNAME AND ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES
Amtrak SW1500
- New roadname
- Paint scheme: Phase V
- Blanked front and rear cab side windows
- Tall M.U. stands
- Hood handrail set
- Sunshades
- Large Sinclair antenna
- Type-A trucks with Timken bearings
- Speed recorder
- Era: 2002+
- Officially licensed product of Amtrak
SW1500/SW1000 FEATURES
- Three road numbers unless noted
- Detailed cab interior
- Late coupler cut levers with looped handles
- Signal hoses with silver glad hands unless noted
- Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands
- Drop steps unless noted
- MU stands
- Separately applied wire grab irons
- See through radiator intake grille
- Hood mounted bell with bracket
- Exhaust hatch
- Exhaust stacks
- Leslie RSM-31 single-chime horn with cab face bracket
- See through cab windows
- Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype
- Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate
- Detailed 1,100 gallon fuel tank
- Separately applied Air tank
- Printed numberboards
- Fine scale handrails
- Fully assembled and ready-to-run
- McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers
- DCC ready with Quick Plug™ technology
- Highly-detailed, injection molded body
- Painted and printed for realistic decoration
- Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains consistent
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup
- 5-pole skew wound motor with flywheels and multi-link drivetrain for trouble-free operation
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 70, 75, 83, and 100 rail
- Window packaging for easy viewing
- Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
- Minimum radius: 18"