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THIS sale IS FOR A NEW, RARE, OUT OF PRINT, HO SCALE ATHEARN UNION PACIFIC SW1500 POWERED AND DCC READY LOCOMOTIVE, ITEM NUMBER 29665 AND UNIT NUMBER 1011. UNIT IS BRAND NEW, MINT CONDITION, NEVER RUN IN ANY WAY. ALL INSERTS ARE NEW, MINT AS WELL. VERY RARE VERSION HERE..OUT OF STOCK AND RETIRED. UP FEATURES:
- Flexicoil Trucks
- Firecracker antenna
- Large fuel tank
- MU hoses
- Frame-mounted handrails
- Nathan P-3 horn
- Removed footboards on both ends
- “Loop” style cut levers
UP never purchased SW1500’s new, but ended up inheriting their fleet through mergers and second-hand acquisitions.
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 lights Newly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than before DCC-ready models feature 21-pin plugLED lighting for long life and reliable operationCV chart included in the boxPROTOTYPE 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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