Description
Railroad Short Name: SSW
Features:
- Era: Early 1980s (SSW 7960, 7961, 7962, 7963, and 7965); As Rebuilt
- Series SSW 7960 to 7967; ex-SSW 7600 to 7607, rebuilt 01/81-06/82
- SSW 7960, 7961, 7962, 7963, and 7965:
- LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light mounted in number board housing*
- LED-illuminated tri-color, flush-mounted front and rear class lights with raised gaskets
- SP-style nose headlight package: horizontally-mounted dual sealed-beam standard headlight, with a single red Pyle-National (Translite) #17540 Gyralite signal light mounted in recess above
- Lost-wax cast brass Nathan AirChime P3 (P24R1) horn mounted on number board housing
- Standard “whip” communications antenna base mounted to cab roof, and small “whip” EOT telemetry antenna mounted on numberboard housing
- SP-style rear headlight bracket with LED-illuminated Pyle-National (Translite) #20585 “Gyralite” dual signal light, and a single red Pyle-National (Translite) #17540 Gyralite signal light
- Detailed Blomberg-B truck frames (LFM-cast) with Hyatt bearing housings, separately-applied brake cylinders in released (piston retracted) position, elliptical springs, end transom detail, separate sanding lines and brackets, and separate swing hanger detail
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
- LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted between front and rear sanding valve doors, and round walkway light aft of raised walkway duct*
- Printed number boards with separately-controlled, backlit LED-illumination*
- Front EMD medium plow without MU hose doors
- 3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose groups with mounting bracket and gladhand detail
- Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
- Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles
- Notched-corner pilot face with vertical lifting slots and square access plate, front and rear
- “Early” angled deck-mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles with dual dummy receptacles front and rear, and tall MU and electrical bus receptacles and connections on rear for road slug control
- “Tall” stepwells with bottom extension on front, and “short” stepwells with nub-bottom pilot on rear
- End handrails with deck and pilot face-mounted stanchions with gangway “breakaway” stanchions, front and rear
- Positionable straight (late) front drop step with riser, and fixed rear gangway step with gussets
- Early style cale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways, battery box top surfaces, and drop steps
- 81” low short hood with ratchet handbrake and round top vent
- Early straight grabs and “flipped” nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
- SP/SSW “GRIP” battery box doors with tall dual louver groups, and lift-off style hinges
- SP/SSW “GRIP” split sub-base doors
- Dual right rear cab steps
- Early cab step guards (long taper)
- Hopper water piping underneath front battery box step
- “35-Line” cab with EMD-option “Extended-Vision” front windshields (“Wanna-Be” L-Window), square blue flag bracket on right side, and large armrests
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, cab blowers, Dash-2 electrical cabinet rear wall, late seats with armrests, and standard AAR control stand
- Positionable cab side windows
- Tall square-corner clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window, both sides of cab
- Standard EMD sunshades with long mounting tracks
- Long hood with Dash-2 rebuild electrical cabinet seam, stand-off Dash-2 alternator compartment door, and early inertial drain hole placement
- Large stand-off ECAFB (Dash-2 type)
- Early (smooth) blower duct housing
- Early long handrail stanchion spacing with “short” stanchions at thin section of sidesill
- Early inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
- Standard turbo exhaust stack
- Early extended-range dynamic brake housing with Dash-2 style contactor doors, retrofitted cooling vents, retrofitted dual roof rectangular vents, and retrofitted ventilation louvers
- See-through 48” dynamic brake fan housing mounted on riser ring with 10-blade fan and hub assembly, with concentric-ring grill
- Dynamic brake intakes with see-through intake vanes, and resistor grid detail inside of the housing
- Diamond-mesh radiator intake screening
- See-through standard-height 48” radiator fan housings with 8-blade fan and hub assembly
- Separately-applied radiator core detail mounted inside of long hood, visible under radiator fans
- Early rear sander door catch placement (inboard)
- Underbody frame rails with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cable bundle details
- Separately-applied flexible neoprene sanding lines at stepwell ends of trucks
- “Aeroquip” brand speed recorder with adapter flange mounted to left #1 axle
- Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelsets in service
- Standard 4 jacking pads
- Frame-mounted bell
- Salem-brand #824-170 and #818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters, respectively (accordion-style)
- 3200-gallon fuel tank with early mounting brackets, blanked dial gauge on right side, and early rear drain bar
- Separately-applied fuel fillers, drains, and breather piping on fuel tanks
- Separately-applied engine oil sump drain fitting
- Separately-applied radiator water drain fitting on underbody
- Separately-applied truck air line plumbing on underbody above each truck, both sides
- Separately-applied wireform grab irons, wireform lift rings, etched windshield wipers, trainline hoses, sand hatch covers, and more
- Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
- Dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED-illuminated headlights
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended Radius: 22”
DC/DCC & Sound Ready Features:
- Operates on DC layouts
- DCC-ready with 21-pin connector
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