{"product_id":"scaletrains-rivet-counter-39917-ho-scale-es44ac-bnsf-heritage-iii-with-ptc-dcc-and-sound","title":"ScaleTrains Rivet Counter 39917 HO Scale ES44AC BNSF Heritage III with PTC DCC and Sound","description":"\u003ch1\u003eScaleTrains Rivet Counter 39917 HO Scale ES44AC BNSF Heritage III with PTC DCC and Sound\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, GE introduced the “Evolution Series” of locomotives. Better known as “GEVOs” or ES44s, this series has become the best-selling line of diesel locomotives with production nearing 8,000 units. ScaleTrains Rivet Counter™ series model renders numerous variations of cabs, dynamic brakes, doors, grilles, trucks, etc. They’ve also incorporated LED lighting effects including front, rear, and side walkway lights; ground lights; printed and lighted number boards; and ditch lights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFEATURES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew road numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEra: 2015 to present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries 5798 to 5862; built September\/October 2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully-assembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultiple road numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLED-illuminated front, rear and round side walkway lights*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLED-illuminated front deck-mounted ditch lights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted and LED lighted number boards*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSemi-scale coupler buffers equipped with die-cast metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInside loop uncoupling levers with down brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle trainline hose with silver gladhand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual front dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles mounted to pilot face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront raised and rear flush pilot-mounted Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee-through round-hole stepwell steps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalkway with front anticlimber and support brackets; left side walkway access door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGE “nub” pattern walkway tread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly handrails with wrap over stanchion heads left long rail for capacitor box clearance and right long rail with bolted head on 2nd lower stanchion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarrow profile end handrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront nose headlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft nose door with window\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNose door grab iron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront high-mounted (cab) numberboard housings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle cab side blue flag holder\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, and control stand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn cab grade crossing camera mounted on right side\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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwitching mirror mounted under rear sliding window on engineer side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCab roof GE communications handler octagonal dome, dual short STI-CO PTC Dual Track Antenna System with Radome covers and, small button dome antenna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInverter Cabinet with Bolted access door, top two X panels same size, three lower X panels with 4 - 6 - 4 Bolt Pattern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee-through dynamic brake exhaust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeft side dynamic brake cab: X panel front and dual blower dynamic brake with flush exhaust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEtched metal see-through dynamic brake intake grilles with blower motors visible inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight side dynamic brake cab: X panel door, small X panel, door with grille, and door with grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDynamic brake cab door with low door handle and low mounted door handle bumper\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 wide auxiliary cab filter box door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapacitor box on left side walkway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight side auxiliary cab: 4 doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatched first engine cab door in first set of three and latched engine cab door in second set of three with drop grab irons mounted to last door of second set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo engine cab roof lift rings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HL horn mounted on engine cab roof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eES44 style exhaust stack\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 single piece narrow slot grille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeat Exchange access doors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly flush radiator 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\u003eRadiator cab left side grille arrangement\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, 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\u003eGE Hi-Ad trucks with unused electric parking brake mounting brackets on right front and left rear side frames and separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, and rotating bearing caps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRust-color painted wheelsets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSquare handbrake chain bracket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToilet drain with interior handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAEI tag mounted to right sidesill under rear battery box door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual Graham-White (Salem) accordion 824 air filters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraham-White 994-500 air dryer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5,300-gallon fuel tank with internal waste retention tank, vertical fuel gauge, and round fuel gauge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDual fuel fills per side\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\u003eFactory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow with grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose 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\u003eDual flywheels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll-wheel drive and 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\u003cli\u003eDCC \u0026amp; sound equipped locomotives also feature:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eESU-LokSound 5 DCC and Sound decoder with “Full Throttle”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo (2) cube-type speakers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccurate GEVO-12 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC\u003cbr\u003e** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate\u003cbr\u003e*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\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. On the ES44DC, this powers the traction motors. On the ES44AC and ES44C4, the DC 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. 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 curved seams with more square seams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike their predecessors, both the AC and DC versions of the ES44 have a 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 continues 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\u003eNOTE: Road number may vary from picture shown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ScaleTrains","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51834950942933,"sku":"SXT39917","price":369.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/1972\/4454\/files\/scaletrains-rivet-ho-scale-es44ac-bnsf-heritage-iii-with-ptc.png?v=1754679365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterosehobbies.com\/products\/scaletrains-rivet-counter-39917-ho-scale-es44ac-bnsf-heritage-iii-with-ptc-dcc-and-sound","provider":"White Rose Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}