Athearn
HO GP9 with DCC & Sound, N&W Blue #508
Regular price
$259.99
N&W FEATURES:
- Cab roof mounted Leslie S5 horn
- Long hood forward operation
- Phase III details with forward fuel fill
- Canvas style sunshades
- 502 & 508 Blue
- 514 & 521 Tuscan
- 48” fans
- Two small louvers on battery box
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- Front and rear MU catch boxes with footboard
- Trainline and MU hoses
- Coupler cut levers
- Drop steps unless noted
- MU stands
- “Nub” style walkway tread
- Bell placement & type per prototype
- Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
- Wire grab irons
- Lift rings
- Windshield wipers
- See through cab windows and full cab interior
- Etched metal radiator intake grilles and fan grilles
- Air tanks mounted below sill unless noted
- Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, breather pipes, and retention tanks
- Blomberg-B trucks with appropriate bearing caps
- Sander lines
- Speed recorder unless noted
- 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, field measurements, 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 all popular brands of track
- Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance
- Bidirectional 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
- Replacement parts available
- Minimum radius: 18”
SOUND EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:
- Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound
- Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
- Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode
- Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
- All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
- Excellent Slow speed control
- Operating lighting functions with F5 and/or F6
- 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