Up for sale is a brand new ScaleTrains HO Scale Rivet Counter EMD SD40-2. Lettered for Union Pacific SD40N Rebuild #1579. Sold Out at ScaleTrains. 

ScaleTrains part number SXT40801 with DCC & ESU LokSound. I mistakenly ordered duplicate numbers, so this one is up for sale for someone to add to their fleet. I took the locomotive out of the box for the pictures and video in this listing, otherwise brand new direct from ScaleTrains. 

Please see pictures for details, selling as is. Ask questions if you have any. Thanks for your interest!




Information from ScaleTrains website on this locomotive:
The Rivet Counter™ series SD40-2 is the definitive HO Scale model of EMD’s best-selling diesel locomotive. Our model combines smooth operating performance with unparalleled railroad, road number, and era specific details™. Even though the first SD40-2s were built 50 years ago, many continue in revenue freight service today.

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:

DC/DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:

* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC.

** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate.

*** Class lights illuminate in white color only in DC operation. Access and change the colors with an appropriately programmed ESU decoder while operating using DCC.

**** “PowerPack” feature is only compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders operating on a DCC layout.


In January 1972, the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors would build the first production models of a locomotive design that would prove legendary: the SD40-2. As the flagship of the “Dash-2” series, the SD40-2 would build upon the lessons learned from its predecessor, the SD40. While the sixteen-cylinder 645E3 turbocharged prime mover remained the same as its SD40 cousin, the SD40-2 boasted a modular, solid-state electrical system, which featured removable “cards” in place of troublesome relays in its high-voltage cabinet. These cards greatly simplified troubleshooting electrical problems and streamlined repairs.

Externally, the biggest change was using new HT-C three-axle trucks instead of the Flexi-coil type C of the SD40s. The new truck promised greater adhesion, and was longer than the Flexi-coil C, necessitating an increase of the length of the SD40-2s frame to an overall length of 68’, 10” over the couplers. This also had the effect of giving the SD40-2 its characteristic long walkway “porches” at each end. Other small external improvements, such as longer battery box compartments, rear overhang on the cab roof, and drip rail over the front cab door, added to the list of external differences between it and the SD40.

Domestic production of the SD40-2 continued until July 1984, making it one of EMDs most popular locomotives of all time. Many remain in service today with original owners and secondhand operators like regional railroads and shortlines. Within the past decade, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have rebuilt hundreds of SD40-2s to extend their operating lives. This will ensure this venerable locomotive’s presence on U.S. rails for decades.