ScaleTrains HO EMD SD7
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin connector, $214.99; 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 SD7 features:
- All-wheel drive and electrical pickup
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear walls, seats, and early control stand
- Die-cast metal semi-scale Type E couplers
- Directional, light-emitting-diode headlights
- Factory-installed wire grab irons, end ladders, photo-etched metal lift rings, windshield wipers, and train line hoses with silver glad hands
- Freestanding sand fill hatches
- Long- or short-hood forward operation as appropriate
- Minimum radius, 18”; recommended radius, 22”
- Operates on code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Plastic handrails and stanchions
- Positionable cab side windows
- Prototype-specific details
- Scale sectioned treadplate detail with EMD dot-style pattern
- Wheel faces factory-painted light rust color
Release date: Available now
Road names: Great Northern (as-delivered Empire Builder scheme); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (as-delivered Blackbird scheme); Southern Pacific (SD7R, gray and scarlet); and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray with Dependable Transportation slogan). Six road numbers per scheme.
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