Athearn ATH29763 SW1500 RI Rock Island #944 with DCC & Sound HO Scale

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RI FEATURES:

Flexicoil Trucks
Firecracker antenna
Large fuel tank
MU hoses
Hood-mounted handrails
Nathan P-5 horn
Footboards on both ends

The Rock Island was a prolific user of switchers, and while the road owned many makes of the type, EMD was the favored builder. The Rock owned a sizeable group of EMD SW1200s; when they went looking for additional switchers in 1966, they found that the SW1200 had been replaced in the catalog by the SW1500. The SW1500s were optioned much the same as the SW1200s, having the same Flexicoil trucks, hood-mounted handrails, and paint scheme. All outlasted the Rock itself and found employment elsewhere after the 1980 bankruptcy.

MODEL FEATURES:

Lit ground lights
Detailed cab interior
Drop steps unless noted
MU stands
Dual exhaust stacks
Printed numberboards
Fine scale handrails
Signal hoses as appropriate to the prototype road (MU capability was a railroad specified option for these locos, and some railroads did not order it).
Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands
Separately applied wire grab irons
See-through radiator intake grille and cab windows
Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype
Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate
Separately applied air tank
McHenry® scale knuckle couplers – Kadee® compatible
All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
Improved 5-pole skew wound can motor with flywheels and multi-link drivetrain
Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Highly-detailed, injection molded body
Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
Minimum radius: 18”

NEW FEATURES:

Operating ground lightsNewly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than beforeDCC-ready models feature 21-pin plugDCC & sound models feature Economi sound with single cube speakerLED lighting for long life and reliable operation

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE

Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Economi sound
Single cube speaker for optimal sound quality
Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
Some functions are limited in DC
All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
Operating lighting functions with F5 and/or F6
Excellent low-speed operation
Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
CV chart included in the box

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

An EMD SW1500 is a 4-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1966 and 1974. It is similar in appearance to the EMD SW1000 model, which has a different engine and has one exhaust stack while the SW1500 has two.

Power was provided by an EMD 645E 12-cylinder engine which generated 1,500 horsepower. This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1000, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches.

The SW1500 featured a bulkier carbody and was a bit heavier from earlier models although its intended use remained the same, working light branch lines or in industrial settings. Many railroads regularly used SW1500s for road freight service.

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