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LOCOMOTIVE
FEATURES:
- Fully-assembled
and ready-to-run
- Scaled
from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements,
photographs, and more
- Accurately
painted and printed paint schemes
- See-through
cab windows
- Full
cab interior• Walkway tread
- Fine-scale
Celcon handrails for scale appearance
- McHenry
scale knuckle couplers
- 5-pole
skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link
drivetrain for trouble free operation
- All-wheel
drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- All-wheel
electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- LED
headlight• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction
and more pulling power
- Jewel
case blister packaging securely holds for the model
- Replacement
parts available
- Non-skid
end walks
- Fine-scale
end handrails for scale appearance
- Detailed
and painted cab interior with control stand
- 4,000
gallon fuel tank
- Flexicoil-C
sideframes with high brake cylinders
- Flush
mounted portal window glass
- Snow
plow or plate welded pilot
- Minimum
radius: 9 ¾”
SOUND
EQUPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE
- Onboard
DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
- Sound
units operate in both DC and DCC
- Full
DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
- Engine,
horn, and bell sounds work in DC
- All
functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Precision
slow speed control
- Program
a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell,
and lights
- Many
functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
- CV
chart included in the box
PROTOTYPE
INFO:
By the
early 1960’s the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) was at
a big disadvantage. Their 567 engine, in use for over 20 years,
had reached it’s peak at 2,500 horsepower in a turbocharged
16-cylinder version. EMD released a new 645 engine in 1966.
The most powerful locomotive using this series of engine was
the SD45, powered by a 20-cylinder turbocharged 645E engine
producing 3600 horsepower. EMD then offered the V20 645E engine
in the SDP45 in a standard hood configuration and longer frame
to occomodate the steam generator needed for passenger service.
The EMD SDP45 was a good passenger locomotive, but to the
Santa Fe Railway it did not look the part. EMD therefore designed
a lightweight “cowl” body to cover the locomotive,
though it did not, as in earlier cab units, provide any structural
strength, which remained in the frame. The cowl provided sleeker
looks, better aerodynamics at speed, and allowed the crew
to enter the engine compartment en route for diagnostics and
maintenance. After sponsoring the development of the FP45
passenger locomotive, the Santa Fe requested a similar freight
locomotive from Electro-Motive. Where the FP45 was an SDP45
wrapped in a full-width Cowl carbody, the new F45 was essentially
an SD45 given the same treatment.
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