Athearn #G89842 SD70ACe w/DCC & Sound PRLX #4834

NEW FEATURES FOR ALL SD70ACES IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT The effort continues to enhance Athearn Genesis models per customer requests and feedback. Moving forward the EMD SD70ACe will posess the following features All lighting now feature new LEDs Rubber MU hoses for durability PRLX FEATURES Ex CSX units Cab high mount headlight Nose door without window Rear ladder located conductor side #4831 Inverter cabinet with solid X-panel compartment #4843 Inverter cabinet with X-panel compartment and vertical grille SD70ACE AND SD70M-2 SPECIFIC FEATURES New for the SD70ACe and SD70M-2 LED lighting Correctly-sized illuminated ditch lights Snowplow Front and rear trainline air hose with silver tips Multiple unit (MU) hoses with silver tips Coupler cut bars Train line air hoses Flat or tapered front and rear anticlimbers Safety tread on the walkways Nose or cab mounted headlight Standard or isolated cab Windshield wipers Tinted side windows Mirrors Detailed and painted cab interior with control stand display screens detailed crew seats and optional grade crossing camera Airchime K5LLA horn with square or “tube” style mounting bracket GPS Domes or PTC antennas per prototype Inverter box with original X-panels X-panels with retrofitted louvers factory louvers late EMD large intake or retrofit large intake See-through radiator fans Etched dynamic brake grille and screen with appropriate grid detail underneath Dynamic brake louver variations per prototype Chicago Blower brand air blower visible behind the see-through grilles at the rear of the locomotive Early or late hand brake housing and wheel Early or Late Sander Brackets Factory installed wire grab irons Jacking pads per prototype Plumbing alongside the frame appropriate to the specific railroad and purchase order Fuel tanks with single or dual fuel fillers HTCR or HTSC trucks per prototype Non-sound QuickPlug™ equipped with NEM 21-pin DCC plug McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers Minimum radius 18” Recommended radius 22” 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 Slow speed control Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn bell and lights Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes CV chart included in the box PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE Duplicated look and feel of “In Service”equipment “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing Faded base colors matched to the prototype Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust 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. Much of the external design is based on the SD90 series locomotives. Similar features include the full height nose door and rectangular windshields the large flared radiators with two fans and the positioning of the dynamic brake equipment at the rear of the long hood. In addition the inverters were moved from inside the long hood to a box on the walkway behind the fireman’s side of the cab.