Atlas 10004509 HO Scale GE Dash 8-40CW Diesel Locomotive Management Services LMS 727 with DCC & Sound

Built as part of GE’s successful Dash 8 series, the 4,000-horsepower Dash 8-40CW combined the wide North American safety cab with proven high-horsepower performance and became a familiar sight on major freight railroads.

FEATURES:

• Metal couplers
• Improved headlight/ditchlight color and brightness
• Independently controlled lit number boards
• Independently controlled lit marker lights (where appropriate per road name)
• Improved windshield glazing
• Etched metal windshield wipers
• New cab side without sunshade mount rack (where appropriate per road name)
• Ditch lights (8-40CW only)
• Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad (8-40CW only)
• Realistic die-cast underframe
• Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers
• Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate® Proto-couplers
• 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”
• Supports all DCC-programming model
• 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

Note: Road number may vary from picture shown