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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.
The Atlas Master™ Series Gold versions of
these locomotives are able to use all of the
QSI® Quantum System™ sound features on DC
layouts with use of the Atlas Quantum
Engineer
Features:
- Ditch lights (8-40CW only)
- 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:
(Item # 7600-7685)
- NMRA 8-pin plug for DCC
(Decoder-ready)
Atlas Master™ Series Gold Additional
Features:
(Item # 9695-9674)
- Electronic Dual-Mode®
Decoder (e-DMD) that allows your locomotive to
run in DCC or traditional DC
QSI® Quantum System™ Features
Including:
(Atlas Master™ Series Gold locomotives
only)
- Dual speaker
system
- Authentic diesel engine
sounds
- Squealing brakes
- Doppler effect
- Air let-off in
neutral
- Coupler impact sounds when
operated with DCC
- Helper mode that mutes the
whistle and bell for double heading
- And more!
Note: Due to the higher starting
voltage required to operate the sound system, it is
not possible to MU a non-sound-equipped loco in DC
(analog) mode.
AccuMate® couplers are made
under license from AccuRail, Inc.
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