Kato 1768561S N Scale Norfolk Southern SD70ACu #7337 (DCC/Sound)

Kato catalog number 176-8561-S is an N scale EMD/Progress Rail SD70ACu decorated for Norfolk Southern number 7337 and supplied with a DCC decoder and sound factory installed. Kato tooled this model new and gives each railroad its correct spotting features, so the Norfolk Southern version carries cab-mounted headlights rather than the nose-mounted arrangement used on the Canadian Pacific units.

• Norfolk Southern SD70ACu #7337
• DCC decoder and sound factory installed
• Five-pole motor with dual brass flywheels
• All-wheel electrical pickup
• Directional cab headlights
• Front and rear illuminated ditch lights
• Illuminated pre-printed number boards
• Kato magnetic knuckle couplers
• Ready to run on a DCC layout straight from the box

The prototype is a rebuild: the SD90MAC never found steady work on North American railroads through the 1990s, so Norfolk Southern had a batch converted, swapping the Siemens electrical gear for Mitsubishi equipment and fitting an SD70ACe-style cab.