{"product_id":"scaletrains-33079-rivet-ho-ge-es44ac-ferromex-zebra-fxe-4643-dcc-sound","title":"ScaleTrains 33079 Rivet HO GE ES44AC Ferromex \"Zebra\" FXE 4643 DCC Sound","description":"\u003ch1\u003eScaleTrains 33079 Rivet HO GE ES44AC Ferromex \"Zebra\" FXE 4643 DCC Sound\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, GE released the first GEVo, a new series of locomotives that would replace the AC4400CW and Dash 9-44CW. The first two models were the ES44DC and ES44AC. The ES44C4 followed a few years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new models were designed to meet the stricter diesel locomotive emissions standards imposed by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. The EPA “Tier” emissions standards are a series, or Tiers, of allowable emissions levels based upon a locomotive’s date of manufacture. In 2005, Tier 2 took effect followed by Tier 3 in 2010 and Tier 4 took in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGE developed a new diesel engine, the 12-cylinder GEVO 12, to meet the new emission standards. Both the bore and stroke were increased to produce the same 4,400 horsepower as the older 7FDL16 16-cylinder engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new prime mover drives an alternator producing AC current that is rectified to DC current. On the ES44DC, this powers the traction motors. On the ES44AC and ES44C4, the DC current is “chopped” back into AC to power the traction motors. The two models share a common 73’ 2” frame and external appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe external appearance is similar to the AC4400CW. In fact, the cab on early ES44s is almost identical. In 2009, GE changed the cab and nose, moving the nose door from the left side to the right side and replacing the curve seams with more square seams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike their predecessors, both the AC and DC versions of the ES44 have the large box behind the cab. The biggest visual difference is the larger “wing” structure over the radiator cab. The thicker radiators and related equipment in the radiator cab work to cool the exhaust, which reduces emissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCustomer options and design changes have resulted in seven different dynamic brake configurations. The grilles on the sides of the radiator cab have also gone through seven configurations. The most recent units have changed the latches on the engine cab doors to match the ET44 units.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough EPA Tier 4 standards went into effect in 2015, the ES44-series continue to be built. This is due to the Tier 4 Credits, a complicated system that allows GE to continue to build and various railroads to buy the ES44 based on the number of Tier 4 units built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 2 testbed units and 35 pre-production units, over 7,600 additional ES44s have been built. All of the major railroads including BNSF, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have fleets with 100s of units. Florida East Coast, Ferromex, Iowa Interstate, and Kansas City Southern also operate ES44s. In addition, 131 were built as lease units for Citirail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ES44 has become the best-selling diesel locomotive of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFEATURES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEra: Present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries: 4600 to 4659, built 1-2\/06 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoad number: 4643\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew “Zebra” Paint Scheme with large red section on rear of inverter cabinet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations in data label placement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWi-Tronix Violet Exterior Cab Cameras mounted to both cab sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnti vandalism grilles over windows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully assembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultiple road numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperating LED front deck-mounted ditch lights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperating LED front, rear, and rectangle side walkway lights*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted and LED lighted number boards*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle trainline hose with silver gladhand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront and rear raised pilot-mounted Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles mounted to pilot face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee-through round-hole stepwell steps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalkway with front anticlimber and anticlimber support brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGE “nub” tread plate on walkways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly handrails with wrap over stanchion heads left long rail for walkway box clearance and right long rail with wrap over head on 2nd lower stanchion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront nose headlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft nose door with window\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarrow profile end handrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront high-mounted (cab) numberboard housings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft side under cab front access bolted X panel; rear door with square corrugated grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly cab with optional 4 side windows; without barrel bolt latches on subbase doors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, control stand, and grade crossing camera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle cab side blue flag holder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTinted cab side windows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCab roof large square antenna dome, medium rectangle antenna dome with conduit, small tear drop dome and triangle cap antenna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall bolted and hinged inverter cabinet door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEtched metal see-through dynamic brake intake grilles with blower motors visible inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft side dynamic brake cab: tri blower dynamic brake with flush exhaust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight side dynamic brake cab: door with grille, small X panel, door with grille, and door with grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee-through dynamic brake exhaust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort right side air intake grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft side auxiliary cab: 3 short doors with latches on the #2 door and narrow auxiliary cab filter box door with X panel in front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapacitor box on walkway \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight side auxiliary cab: 4 doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HLR2 horn mounted on engine cab roof \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eES44 style engine cab doors: latched first door in each set of three\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft side exhaust cab doors: latched last door in set of three \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlush heat exchanger housing with two piece wide slot grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlush radiator grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft side radiator cab grille arrangement: Flush doors. Grilles – high square, raised large rectangle, tall, short, tall, short front angled grill, two-piece rear angled grille, no grille under brake wheel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight side radiator cab grille arrangement: Flush doors. Grilles – high square, raised large rectangle, raised tall, raised tall, tall, short, tall, short front angled grill, two-piece rear angled grille \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo water fill box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLow mounted vertical rear headlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRear narrow-spaced dual dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and cabling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAEI tag mounted on bracket below the right sidesill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToilet drain with interior handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual Graham-White (Salem) 824 air filters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly GE Steerable trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, and rotating bearing caps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSquare handbrake chain bracket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5,300-gallon fuel tank with internal waste retention tank, digital fuel gauge, vertical fuel gauge, and round fuel gauge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual fuel fills per side with rear fill “blanked”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngled top left side fuel tank top box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort crankcase drainpipe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSemi-scale coupler buffers equipped with die-cast metal semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFactory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow with grab irons, spare knuckles, 3-hose Multiple Unit (MU) clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air tanks, fuel tank mounted electronic bell, brake wheel, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotor with 5-pole skew-wound armature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalanced dual flywheels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll-wheel drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll-wheel electrical pick-up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirectional LED headlights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinting and lettering legible under magnification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging safely stores model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimum Radius: 18”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecommended Radius: 22”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDCC \u0026amp; sound equipped locomotives also feature:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eESU LokSound 5 DCC \u0026amp; Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” feature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual cube-type speakers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccurate GEVO-12 prime mover sound plus auxiliary, horn, bell, and more \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperates on both DC and DCC layouts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e** During DC operation, class lights illuminate in white. Access to other colors and the ability to change colors requires an ESU DCC decoder while operating in DCC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ScaleTrains","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40199127629990,"sku":"SXT33079","price":299.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/1972\/4454\/products\/scaletrains-33079-rivet-ho-ge-es44ac-ferromex-zebra-fxe-4643-dcc-sound-2.jpg?v=1622225034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterosehobbies.com\/products\/scaletrains-33079-rivet-ho-ge-es44ac-ferromex-zebra-fxe-4643-dcc-sound","provider":"White Rose Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}