Athearn
HO SDP45 with DCC & Sound, VMV/ex-CR #6699
Regular price
$249.99
ROADNAME AND ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES
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VMV Leasing
- #668, #6695, and #6699
- Rectangular cab vent mounted on the right side towards the front
- All VMV Leasing road numbers
- New roadname
- Ex-Conrail
- Carbody with 20-645 hood door arrangement, rear numberboards, and class lights
- Low profile roof details: dust bin hatch, dynamic brake fans, exhaust stack, engine compartment "T" vent, and radiator fans
- Leslie SU-3L-R air horn mounted on low clearance bracket
- Front and rear MU hose catch tray with bottom reinforcing strip
- Front trainline hose with drop elbow and silver end
- 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver ends
- Late coupler cut levers with loops painted white
- Notched pilot faces
- Front drop step
- Front and rear deck-mounted MU stands
- 81" short hood with SDP notched brake wheel and class lights and gaskets
- Antiglare patch painted on top of nose
- Dual single louver battery box doors and sub-base doors with stiffener rib
- Standard "35-Line" cab with armrest and sunshade track
- Dual sealed beam cab headlight with anti-glare shields
- Windwings without mirrors fore & aft of cab side windows
- Large Sinclair "ice skate" antenna
- Early ECAFB
- Low profile standard range dynamic brake housing with retrofitted side vents
- Rectangular grid radiator intake grilles
- Pointed long hood end
- Rear anticlimber
- Rectangular builder’s plate
- 5,000 gallon fuel tank
- Salem air filter set with piping
- Rear trainline hose and silver end
- Frame mounted bell
- Flexicoil-C Trucks with high/low brake cylinders and Hyatt bearings
- Speed recorder
- Dual end sanding lines
- Era: 1984-1994
SDP45 FEATURES
- Safety tread on walkways
- Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
- Factory applied wire grab irons
- Windshield wipers
- See through cab windows
- Detailed and painted cab interior
- Sliding side cab windows
- Metal lift rings
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with both 8- and 9-pin connector
- Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, photographs, and more
- Accurately painted and printed paint schemes
- Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
- Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
- All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
- All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
- Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 70, 75, 83, and 100 rail
- Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
- Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains constant
- Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
- Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage
- Minimum radius: 18"
- Recommended radius: 22"
Sound equipped models also feature
- Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder
- Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
- Some functions are limited in DC
- Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
- All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Slow speed control
- 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
- #668, #6695, and #6699