EMD GP40 1A3 - Denver & Rio Grande Western 3069

Denver & Rio Grande Western 3069 Specific Features:

• Two Dynamic Brake Vents

• No ACI Label

• EMD Standard Cab Sunshade

• Speed Recorder On First Axle On The Fireman’s Side

• Hyatt Roller Bearing Journals Only

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

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

General Locomotive 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

DCC Sound Ready Models Also Feature:

• 21-Pin DCC Ready Connector

• Not equipped with Tru-Fans™ technology