Scaletrains Rivet Counter SXT39731 SD45 Norfolk & Western (Large Block Lettering) #1800 DCC & Sound

Image is representative of the paint scheme. Item for purchase is #1800. 


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  • Era: Early 1980s through late 1980s 
  • Road numbers 1800 and 1802
    • Norfolk & Western series 1790-1814, built 12-69, Phase IIb2 
    • Black with large ‘Block Lettering’ F6a NW scheme
    • Additional speed recorder on the front right side, second axle
  • Fully-assembled
  • Multiple road numbers
  • Set up to run long hood forward
  • Directional LED headlights
  • Operating LED-illuminated ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
  • Operating LED-Illuminated rectangular walkway lights mounted above front sanding valve doors; rectangular walkway lights mounted between rear sanding valve doors and round walkway light, aft of raised walkway duct*
  • Operating LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket**
  • Front and rear MU hose retainer grab irons
  • Front and rear early small deck extension
  • Pivoting front and rear drop steps
  • “Short” stepwells with see-through steps
  • “Late” pattern walkway treadplate
  • Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers
  • Latched cab sub-base doors with early hinges
  • 81” high short hood
  • Late drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
  • “35-Line” cab without center front windshields
  • Detailed cab interior with dual control stands
  • Two-Pane all weather windows on both sides of cab
  • No sun awning on cab sides
  • No Arm rests
  • No cab vents
  • Lost-wax brass Leslie RS-5T-R Horn mounted to top of short hood
  • Single Motorola ASP-16 “Firecracker” communications antenna mounted on top of short hood
  • Standard electrical cabinet seam and bolted alternator door
  • Small ECAFB
  • Early (smooth) blower duct housing
  • Standard-height dust bin
  • Standard-height exhaust stack
  • Early (short forward taper) standard-range dynamic brakes with retrofitted cooling vents, and “T” vent on top of roof
  • “Chickenwire radiator grilles with rectangular-pattern mess screens
  • Standard-height fan housings
  • Photoetched concentric ring fan grilles
  • Short walkway duct with four short stanchions
  • Walkway mounted spare coupler knuckle basket
  • Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with four brackets and upper loop extensions welded to ends of bar
  • Handrail set with pilot face mounted outer end rail stanchions
  • 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
  • Late deck-mounted MU receptacle with attached permanent MU cable and dummy receptacle on deck
  • Short “zig-zag” pilot face
  • Pilot face bracing detail behind stepwells
  • Tall jacking pads with holes
  • Tab-mount EFCO button
  • High bell mounted a top of short hood
  • Salem air filter (accordion style)
  • 4,000-gallon fuel tank with single fuel filler, single vertical fuel gauge, and round dial fuel gauge per side
  • Detailed Flexicoil-C (high-mount brake cylinder) trucks with Hyatt bearing caps and sanding lines and brackets
  • Speed recorder second axle, left side
  • ACI label placards included in polybag for optional installation by the modeler
  • Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much 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”
  • Buyers outside Canada are responsible for any import charges & duties/tariffs charged by your government. US Customers: You will receive an invoice separately for the tariffs the US government is collecting. Failure to pay the the US import tariffs will result in order being cancelled


Canadian Customers: We use UPS Standard Service for Canadian addresses. Items are shipped from the store in Ontario, Canada. UPS WILL NOT DELIVER TO PO BOX ADDRESSES. Canada Post is available for an additional cost. If you are purchasing multiple items, It will not automatically do combined shipping discount. You will need to use request total & if not i can refund the difference after postage value is known when label is made.