Atlas Model Railroad 10004212 HO Norfolk Southern Dash 8-40C Gold Diesel #8705

First built for Union Pacific in the late 1980's by General Electric, the DASH 8-40C diesel locomotives were identified by an enlarged exhaust stack and the mounting of the dynamic brake grids in a square-like unit behind the cab, which housed an enlarged equipment blower fan. These six-axle, 4,000 hp engines are still in service today in North America.

The 4,000hp Dash 8-40CW was produced by General Electric between 1989 and 1993 as a follow-up to the successful Dash 8-40C locomotive. The most distinguishing feature of this model was the introduction of GE’s version of the wide-nose “North American Safety Cab.” This style of cab would become a common sight on railroads across the country. Four major railroads purchased the Dash 8-40CW in fairly large quantities, including Conrail, CSX, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Most of these units are still in regular mainline and heavy-haul freight service today. Due to various mergers, they can also be seen operating for new owners Norfolk Southern and BNSF.

Upgraded Features (2024 or Later):
Metal Couplers
Improved headlight/ditchlight color and brightness
Independently controlled lit number boards
Independently controlled lit marker lights (for appropriate road names)
Improved windshield glazing
Etched metal windshield wipers
New cab side without sunshade mount track (for appropriate road names)

Features:
Ditch lights
Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad (8-40CW only)
Realistic die-cast underframe
Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers
Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate® Proto-couplers
Highly detailed coupler cut bars
Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses
Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
Directional lighting
Painted crew members
Snowplow and piping on trucks
Recommended minimum radius: 22”

Atlas Master™ Series Silver Additional Features:
NMRA 21-pin plug for DCC (Decoder-ready)

Atlas Master™ Series Gold Additional Features:
Supports all DCC-programming modes
Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F31 .
Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices.

ESU LokSound Functionality Features:
Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.
There are 16 user-selectable horns, 2 user-selectable bells, and 2 user-selectable synchronized brake squeals.
Manual and Automatic Notching modes with the ability to change modes ”on the fly” are provided for true realism.
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.

Note: Pictures may be of another Road Number.