Athearn GP40-2 series diesels
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector, $229.99; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami sound decoder, $329.99. Add $10 for Primed for Grime models.
Era: 1980s to present (varies based on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Athearn Trains, 2904 Research Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; 800-338-4639; athearn.com
Features on Athearn HO GP40-2 series diesels:
- All-wheel drive and electrical pickup
- Blomberg-B or Blomberg-M trucks with appropriate bearing caps
- Body-mounted McHenry scale couplers
- Celcon handrails
- Detailed cab interior and see-through cab windows
- Dual cube speakers on sound-equipped models
- Etched-metal fan grills
- Factory-installed and painted wire grab irons
- Genesis driveline with five-pole, skew-wound motor; machined flywheels; and multi-link drive train
- Heavy, die-cast metal frame
- Illuminated number boxes and (if equipped) class lights
- Light-emitting-diode lighting
- Minimum radius, 18”
- Prototype-specific bell type and placement
- RP-25 contour metal wheels
Release date: Available now
Road names: General Motors Diesel Ltd. GP40-2L — Quebec-Gatineau Ry. (Genesee & Wyoming orange, black, and yellow in two road numbers) and Maine Central (Guilford Rail System and Harvest Gold and green in two numbers). Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP40-2: Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange with “star” herald); CSX (gray-and-blue “stealth” scheme, without stripe in two numbers and with stripe in one number); and Ontario Northland (two-tone blue and yellow with “O.N. Rail” lettering). EMD GP40P-2: Southern Pacific (scarlet and gray, with Roman lettering in two numbers and speed lettering in one number) and Union Pacific (Southern Pacific patchouts, two numbers). Three numbers per scheme unless noted.
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