Class One Model Works LM00261 EMD GP40 1A3 Rio Grande D&RGW 3079 - 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
• Denver & Rio Grande Western Road Specific Features:
  
  • Era: Mid 1960’s To Early 2000’s
  • Accurate Denver & Rio Grande Western Paint Scheme, With Small Flying Grande Lettering
  • LED-Illuminated Headlights
  • LED-Illuminated Nose Mounted Mars Light
  • 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
  • Nathan M3 3-Chime Airhorn, Mounted Centered On Top Of The Cab Number Board Housing
  • Frame Mounted Bell
  • 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
  • Large D&RGW Style Snowplow With Grab Irons On Front Pilot Plate, Low Hose Box Pilot On Rear Pilot Plate
  • Cut Levers With Extended Handles
  • Early “Tabbed” Pilot Plates With Tall Tabs With Angled Oval Slot Lifting Eyes
  • Low Clearance Pilot Step Wells
  • 3-Hose MU Hose Clusters With Silver Gladhands
  • Early EMD Short MU Stand
  • Pivoting Front And Rear Drop Steps
  • 3600 Gallon Fuel Tank With Buckeye Fuel Fillers, Single Vertical Fuel Gauges, And Round Fuel Gauges
  • Etched Fan Grills With Center Cap
  • “Chicken Wire” Radiator Intake Grills With Etched Diamond Pattern Mesh Screens
  • Small Rectangular ECAFB Box
  • Early Smooth Blower Duct
  • 4 Tall Jack Pads, 2 Per Side
  • “Firecracker” Antenna
  • Butterfly Type Rerailer
• Denver & Rio Grande Western 3079 Specific Features:
  • Open Fireman’s Side Hood Door With Interior Details
  • No Dynamic Brake Vents
  • ACI Label
  • EMD Standard Cab Sunshade
  • Speed Recorder On First Axle On The Fireman’s Side
  • Mix Of Hyatt, Square, And Sloped Bearing Journals