Athearn #G70678 G2 SD70M-2 w/DCC & Sound VTR #431

VTR NOTES Starting in 2007 Florida East Coast leased four blue-and-yellow SD70M-2s for mainline service. When the lease expired in 2015 the units were purchased by First Union Rail and subsequently split between Vermont Railway and Providence & Worcester with two units going to each railroad. Vermont Railway’s units were soon painted into that road’s attractive scheme of red with white trim and continue to see service on mainline trains today. 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 Flexible rubber trainline hose See-through cab windows Full cab interior Walkway tread Etched see-through steps Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance Windshield wipers Lift rings Wire grab irons Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers fuel gauges & breather pipes Sander lines McHenry scale knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor precision machined flywheels and multi-link drivetrain 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 LED lighting for realistic appearance-including lit number boards ground lights and marker lights (if applicable) Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power Packaging securely holds model for safe storage SOUND EQUPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound Sound units operate in both DC and DCC Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode Engine horn and bell sounds work in DC All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode Precision slow speed control Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn bell and lights PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION In order to meet stricter diesel locomotive emissions standards imposed by EPA Tier II regulations EMD modified the SD70MAC to create the SD70ACe and SD70M-2. Each model is powered by a 16-cylinder 4300-horsepower diesel engine. On the SD70M-2 the prime mover drives an alternator and produces AC current that is rectified to DC current which powers the traction motors. On the SD70ACe the DC current is then “chopped” back into AC to power the traction motors.