Scale Trains HO Rivet Counter SD38-2 Burlington Northern “White Face”

Description

Railroad Short Name: BN

Features:

• Era: Early 1980s-Early 1990s
• Series 6260 to 6263; ex-SLSF 296 to 299, built June 1979
• BN 6260
  • BN “Whiteface” repaint (late-1980s) without pinstripe
  • As-delivered extended-range dynamic brakes
  • LED-illuminated Prime PM-8911 “Stratolite” beacon on cab roof
  • Bolted battery box doors with wide louvers
  • Lost-wax brass cast Leslie Supertyfon RS-3L-R horn on number board housing
  • Front and rear multiple unit (MU) hose catch baskets
  • Pilot face mounted multiple unit (MU) receptacles
• BN 6262
  • Retrofitted extended-range dynamic brakes
  • LED-illuminated Prime PM-8911 “Stratolite” beacon on cab roof
  • BN-style latched battery box doors with narrow louvers and lift-off hinges
  • Lost-wax brass cast Leslie Supertyfon RS-3L-R horn on stand, mounted to rear of dynamic brake hatch
  • Front EMD-style low pilot plow with grab irons and no multiple unit (MU) hose doors
  • Dummy multiple unit (MU) receptacles mounted to pilot face
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Directional LED headlights
• 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*
• 3-hose multiple unit (MU) hose clusters with silver gladhands
• Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
• Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles and four inner mounting brackets
• Notched pilot faces with high angled lifting slots
• “Tall” stepwells with see-through steps
• Front and rear late small deck extension
• Handrail set with inward facing end rail mounting brackets and chain
• Front and rear late “fixed” drop steps
• Scale sectioned treadplate detail on walkways
• 88” low short hood with wheel handbrake and round vent on right side
• Blanked front and rear class lights
• Late cab sub-base doors with lift-off hinges
• Standard EMD headlight in number board housing
• Dash-2 cab with welded side window panels
• Rear cab side vent on left side
• Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
• Sliding cab side windows
• Tall clear wind wings mounted fore and aft of cab side window on left side of cab
• 3-panel all-weather window mounted on right cab side
• Standard EMD sunshade with long sunshade track on left side only
• Motorola ASP-16 “firecracker” antenna mounted on the cab roof
• Accurate hood door and long hood detail
• Late welded ECAFB
• Intermediate inertial air intake grills with top drip rail
• Dual tall exhaust stacks
• Accurately-profiled extended-range dynamic brakes without batten strip
• See-through dynamic brake intakes with resistor grid detail
• Angled Paper Air Filter (PAF) housing
• Corrugated radiator intake grilles
• See-through standard 48” radiator fan housings with fan blades visible inside
• Angled radiator fan grab iron
• Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
• Detailed HT-C trucks with Hyatt bearing caps, late center axle snubbers, sanding lines and brackets, clasp-style brakes, and D-77 traction motor and air duct details
• Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheesets in service
• Dimensionally accurate truck centers
• Aeroquip speed recorder mounted to first axle on left front
• Rearward facing handbrake chain mount for HT-C trucks
• Short jacking pads (late)
• Tab-mount EFCO
• Frame-mounted steel bell
• 3,200-gallon fuel tank with fuel fillers, vertical gauge, round gauge in tank and curved breather pipe
• Graham-White (Salem) brand 824-170 and 818-170 primary and secondary centrifugal air filters (accordion-style)
• Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and more
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pick-up
• 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”

DCC & Sound Ready Features:

• Operates on DC layouts
• DCC ready with 21-pin connector