{"product_id":"scaletrains-32387-rivet-counter-ho-scale-ge-dash-9-44cw-southern-pacific-sp-8121-dcc-and-loksound","title":"ScaleTrains 32387 Rivet Counter HO Scale GE Dash 9-44CW Southern Pacific SP 8121 DCC and LokSound","description":"\u003ch1\u003eScaleTrains 32387 Rivet Counter HO Scale GE Dash 9-44CW Southern Pacific SP 8121 DCC and LokSound\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral Electric wrestled the title of top domestic locomotive builder from EMD during the late 1980s with their Dash-8 series. GE once again positioned themselves to shakeup the locomotive world yet again less than a decade later. Entering the 1990s, GE completely revamped their locomotive lineup by utilizing customer feedback, learning from experience gained from previous locomotive series, and improvements in technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single C44-9W demonstrator unit, numbered 8601, made its debut in 1993 (and later became C\u0026amp;NW 8601). While similar at first glance to predecessor models like the C40-8 and C40-8W, the Dash-9 series featured a few notable physical differences. Built on a slightly longer platform that allowed for a massive 5,000 gallon fuel tank, Dash-9s also featured thicker radiator “wings” at the rear of the carbody. This is usually the quickest way to differentiate them from previous models.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to its long production span and customer options, small detail differences could be noted between various customer orders. This includes changes with HVAC system vendors (the large “A\/C” box behind the cab on the conductors side), engine cab profile, radiator lifting lugs, hood end, trucks, fuel tank, stepwells, operator’s cab, and even handrail profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe C44-9W proved to be extremely popular over its production span with over 3,500 locomotives being sold new to ATSF, BC Rail, BNSF, CN, C\u0026amp;NW, NS (including 100 spartan cab equipped versions, nicknamed “Top Hats”), QNS\u0026amp;L, SP, and UP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNS was an important customer with over 1,000 Dash-9s on the roster. They preferred customized models in the form of 100 spartan-cab equipped, 4,000hp C40-9s (nicknamed “Top Hats”) and numerous examples of safety cab-equipped versions rated at 4,000hp, and designated as C40-9Ws. All C40-9\/Ws would eventually be uprated to 4,400hp with their designations changed accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, the Dash-9s could be found in a variety of assignments. Santa Fe’s C44-9Ws were delivered in the famed red and silver “Superfleet” scheme and could be found hurtling across the southwest with hot piggyback trailer and container trains in tow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouthern Pacific’s units were some of the first new six-axle power on the beleaguered railroad’s roster in more than a decade. They were pressed into a variety of assignments ranging from hot intermodal trains to coal and iron ore drags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChicago \u0026amp; North Western’s units made their debut in flashy “lightning stripe” livery and handled numerous assignments during their brief tenure before being absorbed by Union Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Dash-9 series remained in production until the early 2000s when it was superseded by GE’s “Evolution Series” ES40\/44-series models. Age has begun to catch up with the earliest C44-9W and related models so some railroads are storing and\/or rebuilding these veteran units. NS’s oldest units, the spartan-cab C40-9s, are being rebuilt with the latest GE safety cab for increased crew comfort and safety plus AC-traction for increased performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally built in the early 1990s, some of BNSF’s former Santa Fe fleet are also in the process of being rebuilt with AC-traction to extend their service lives and improve their performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt over a long timeframe, and proving to be a solid, upgradeable platform, the C44-9W family of locomotives including rebuilds is sure to remain a fixture on today’s railroads for the foreseeable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFEATURES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEra: 1994 to 1999, SP series 8100-8200, built 1994\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperating front deck mounted LED ditch lights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTall snowplow with open doors and grab irons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5-step stepwells with see through steps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalkway with front anticlimber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarrow profile end handrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront nose headlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNose door with window\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-piece nose top grab irons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard battery box doors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGE safety cab with three (3) side windows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCab interior with desktop controls for both engineer ad conductor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna and small Sinclair “ice skate” end of train (EOT) telemetry antenna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotive Equipment Inc. 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