Atlas 10004499 HO Scale GE Dash 8-40CW Canadian National "IC Patch" CN 2466 DCC & Sound

This detailed GE Dash 8-40CW is based on the six-axle diesels delivered with the North American safety cab. The 4,000hp Dash 8-40CW was produced by General Electric between 1989 and 1993 as a follow-up to the successful Dash 8-40C locomotive. The most distinguishing feature of this model was the introduction of GE's version of the wide-nose North American Safety Cab. This style of cab would become a common sight on railroads across the country. Four major railroads purchased the Dash 8-40CW in fairly large quantities, including Conrail, CSX, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Many of these units are still in regular mainline and heavy-haul freight service and others have gone on to secondary owners or into rebuild programs.

FEATURES:

• Ditch lights
• Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad (8-40CW only)
• Realistic die-cast underframe
• Highly detailed coupler cut bars
• Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses
• Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
• Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
• Directional lighting
• Painted crew members
• Snowplow and piping on trucks
• Recommended minimum radius: 22”
• Metal Couplers
• Improved headlight/ditchlight color and brightness
• Independently controlled lit number boards
• Independently controlled lit marker lights (for appropriate road names)
• Improved windshield glazing
• Etched metal windshield wipers
• New cab side without sunshade mount track (for appropriate road names)
• Supports all DCC-programming modes
• Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F31
• Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices
• ESU LokSound Functionality Features:
  • Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more
  • There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals
  • Manual & Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism