Class One Model Works LM00161 EMD GP40 1A3 Burlington Northern BN 3018 - DCC & Sound

This Class One Model Works release captures the distinctive “1A3” modernization program applied to classic second-generation EMD road power. The prototype reflects the long service life of the GP40 design, upgraded through mechanical and electrical improvements to extend its usefulness on demanding mountain and mainline freight assignments.

FEATURES:

• Fully Assembled
• Multiple Road Numbers
• Countless Factory Applied Detail Parts, Such As Grab Irons, Steps, Lifting Rings, Air Hoses, Windshield Wipers, Etc.
• Precise And Quiet Slow Speed Control
• Kadee® 5 Compatible Metal Couplers
• 5-Pole Skew Wound Motor
• Dual Flywheels
• CNC Machined Wheelsets With RP-25 Contour
• All Wheel Drive
• All Wheel Electrical Pickup
• Directional LED Headlights
• Quality Packaging Safely Stores Model
• 18 Inch Minimum Radius
• DCC Sound Equipped Models Also Feature:
  • All Fans On Your Model Function Prototypically With Micro-Processor Controlled Tru-Fans™
  • Onboard DCC Decoder With SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Sound
  • Onboard CurrentKeepers
• GP40 General Features:
  • Detailed And Painted Cab Interior, Complete With Separate Front Wall, Floor, Back Wall, Control Stand, And Seating
  • Sliding Cab Windows
  • New: Cab Interior Sunshades
  • Highly Detailed Blomberg Trucks Complete With Traction Motor Detail
  • Three (3) Detailed 9 Blade Radiator Fans
  • Highly Detailed Underframe Piping, Plumbing, Cabling, And Salem Air Filters
  • Prototypical Arrangement Of Sand Lines, Which Flex With Truck Movement
  • Metal Handrails And Plastic Stanchions
• Burlington Northern Road Specific Features:
  
  • Era: Early 1970’s To Late 1980’s
  • Accurate Burlington Northern Cascade Green Paint Scheme
  • LED-Illuminated Headlights
  • LED-Illuminated Number Boards
  • LED-Illuminated Step Lights
  • LED-Illuminated Walkway Lights
  • LED-Illuminated Truck Lights
  • LED-Illuminated Tri-Color Class Lights
  • Dynamic Brake Blister (Early Short Forward Taper) With 10-Blade Fan And Dynamic Brake Vent
  • Leslie 3-Chime Airhorn On A Stand, Mounted Centered Between The First And Second Radiator Fans
  • Frame Mounted Bell
  • EMD Standard Cab Sunshades
  • Prototypically Appropriate Arrangement Of Rear View Mirrors And Wind Deflectors On Cab Sides
  • Cab Sub-Base Doors With Stiffening Ribs
  • EMD Flush Cab Doors
  • Straight Nose Grab Irons
  • 81 Inch Low Short Hood With Ratchet Handbrake
  • High Footboard Pilots With Long Pilot Grab Irons
  • EMD Standard Cut Levers
  • Early “Tabbed” Pilot Plates With Short Tabs
  • High Clearance Pilot Step Wells
  • 3-Hose MU Hose Clusters With Silver Gladhands
  • Early EMD Short MU Stand
  • 3600 Gallon Fuel Tank With Buckeye Fuel Fillers And Single Vertical Fuel Gauges
  • Etched Fan Grills With Center Cap
  • “Chicken Wire” Radiator Intake Grills With Etched Diamond Pattern Mesh Screens
  • Early Smooth Blower Duct
  • 4 Tall Jack Pads, 2 Per Side
  • “Firecracker” Antenna
• Burlington Northern 3018 Specific Features:
  
  • Open Fireman’s Side Hood Door With Interior Details
  • LED-Illuminated High, Cab Mounted Headlight
  • LED-Illuminated Prime Strato-Light
  • Chain On Middle Front And Rear Handrails, Pivoting Front And Rear Drop Steps
  • Speed Recorder On Fireman’s Side First Axle
  • Hyatt Roller Bearing Journals Only