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EMD SD45 - Operator

ScaleTrains H0 – Operator

° All-new tooling
° Fully assembled
° Multiple road numbers
° Directional LED headlights
° Printed and LED lighted number boards
° Front and rear full-width MU catch trays with footboards
° Front and rear early small deck extension with dropsteps
° Short stepwells with see-through steps
° Early (“X”) pattern walkway treadplate
° Latched battery box doors with single louvers
° Cab sub-base doors with stiffener rib
° 81″ low short hood with plated-over handbrake location
° Standard EMD high headlight in face of short hood
° “35-Line” cab with standard front windshields
° Finely-detailed cab interior
° Leslie RS-3L-R horn mounted on number board housing
° Standard electrical cabinet seam
° No ECAFB
° Late (ribbed) blower duct housing
° Inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
° Separately applied dust bin and exhaust stack
° Early (short forward taper) extended-range dynamic brakes
° See-through dynamic brake intake grilles
° Chickenwire-pattern radiator intake grille mesh
° Finely-molded 48″ spiral-grille dynamic and radiator fans
° Short “Nub-Bottom” pilot face
° End handrails with top-and-end mount stanchions
° Accurately profiled underbody frame rail with separate bolster webs
° Tall jacking pads with holes (early)
° Flush-mount EFCO button
° 4,000-gallon fuel tank
° Detailed Flexicoil-C trucks with low-mounted brake cylinders and Hyatt bearing caps
° Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with semi-scale Type “E” knuckle couplers
° All-wheel drive
° All-wheel electrical pick-up
° Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
° Dual balanced flywheels
° Printing and lettering legible under magnification
° Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
° Packaging safely stores model
° Detail kit available separately: wire grab irons, trainline hoses, MU hose clusters, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, and more (SXT81180)
° Color matched to Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
° Minimum radius: 18″
° Recommended radius: 22″

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
° “Essential Sound Unit” DCC & Sound Decoder
° Oval speaker
° Accurate EMD 20-645E3 prime mover and auxiliary sounds
° Operates on both DC and DCC layouts*

DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:
° Operable using DC
° DCC-ready with 21-pin connector

* Note: some sound and lighting functions on DCC & sound-equipped versions are not operable using DC