Details:

• RS3L or K3LA horn on stand, mounted on long hood
• Cab air conditioner
• Sinclair antennas on ground planes
• Small MU stands on front walkway
• Headlight moved to nose and opening plated over

Starting in the late 1980s, Santa Fe began to modify their locomotives based on crew feedback. The headlight was moved from the cab to the nose to reduce the amount of glare. The air horn was also moved to the long hood to reduce the amount of noise intrusion into the cab. Not all locomotives were modified at the same time, but by the 1990s many had been modified.

SD40-2 Locomotive Features:

• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• DCC-ready features Quick Plug plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately –painted and –printed paint schemes
• Coupler cut levers
• Flexible rubber MU hoses for durability
• Flexible rubber train line hose
• See-through cab windows
• Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
• Photo-etch stainless steel windshield wipers
• Wire grab irons
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes
• Separately applied air tanks
• DCC-ready Non-sound version features 21-pin NEM DCC plug
• See-through dynamic brake and radiator fans
• Exhaust stack
• Frame mounted bell (unless noted)
• Detailed 4000 gallon fuel tank (unless a different capacity is noted)
• McHenry scale knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Bi-directional LED lighting for realistic appearance
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Packaging securely holds the model for safe storage
• Warranty service available
• Minimum radius: 18” Recommended radius 22”

Details:

The SD40-2 was introduced in January 1972 as part of EMD’s Dash 2 series, responding to competing products from GE and ALCO. Reliability and versatility of the 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 made it the best-selling model in EMD’s history and the standard of the industry for several decades after its introduction. The SD40-2 was an improvement over the SD40, with modular electronic control systems like those of the experimental SD45X and DDA40X. The last SD40-2 delivered to a United States railroad was built in July 1984, with production continuing for railroads in Canada until 1988.