ScaleTrains HO EMD SD38-2
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin connector, $199.99; with ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, two cube-type speakers, and an ESU-designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors, $324.99.
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old Tasso Road NE, Cleveland, TN 37312; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
ScaleTrains HO EMD SD38-2 features:
- All-wheel drive and electrical pickup
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and control stand
- Die-cast metal semi-scale Type E couplers
- Factory-installed wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, and train line hoses with silver glad hands
- Five-pole, skew-wound armature motor with dual flywheels
- Light-emitting-diode lighting
- Minimum radius, 18”; recommended radius, 22”
- Operates on code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Printed number boards with illuminated number boxes
- Prototype-specific details
Release date: Available now
Road names: General American Transportation Corp. (ex-Reserve Mining with patched white and maroon stripes on long hood in three road numbers each); Bessemer & Lake Erie (orange and black, with and without faded rear herald in three numbers each); Burlington Northern (nose stripes with [two numbers] and without [one number] dynamic brakes, white face scheme with beacon [two numbers], and white face scheme with white pinstripe but no beacon [one number]); Chicago & Illinois Midland (green and black in six numbers); Chicago & North Western (Original Yellow and green with Employee Owned herald in six numbers); Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (red lettering with and without crooked arrow in one number each; with maroon lettering in two numbers); and McCloud River RR (orange and white in one number).
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