Description
In 2002, GE introduced the “Evolution Series” of locomotives. Better known as GEVo or ES44, this series has become the best-selling line of diesel locomotives of all time with production nearing 8,000 units.
Our Rivet Counter series model renders the numerous variations of cabs, dynamic brakes, doors, grilles, trucks, etc. We’ve also incorporated LED lighting effects including front, rear, and side walkway lights; ground lights; printed and lighted number boards; and ditch lights.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- Era: Late 2011 to Present
- Series: 8900 to 8960, built 8-11/11
- Road numbers: 8912, 8916, 8923, 8937, 8943 and 8960
- Standard Canadian Pacific paint and lettering
- Designated ES44AC
- Fully assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Operating LED front and rear deck-mounted ditch lights**
- Operating LED front, rear, and rectangle side walkway lights*
- Operating LED ground lights on both sides of locomotive*
- Printed and LED lighted number boards*
- Double trainline hoses with silver gladhands
- Front and rear raised pilot-mounted Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles
- Front dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles mounted to pilot face
- Front and rear dual ECP brake equipment box and cable mounted on pilot face
- See-through round-hole stepwell steps
- Walkway with front anticlimber and anticlimber support brackets
- GE “nub” tread plate on walkways
- Late handrails with U-bolt caps and narrow rear most stanchion on long side rails
- Front nose headlight
- Front straight grab irons mounted directly to the nose
- Right nose door with window
- Nose door grab iron
- Narrow profile end handrails
- Front high-mounted (cab) numberboard housings
- Left side under cab front access bolted X panel; rear door with square corrugated grille
- Late cab without barrel bolt latches on subbase doors
- Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, control stand, and grade crossing camera
- Dual cab side blue flag holder
- Tinted cab side windows
- Tall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
- Cab roof large square antenna dome and wireless matrix round dome antenna with conduit
- Sand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch
- Small bolted and hinged inverter cabinet door
- Etched metal see-through dynamic brake intake grilles with blower motors visible inside
- Left side dynamic brake cab: X panel front and dual blower dynamic brake with flush exhaust
- Right side dynamic brake cab: X panel door, small grille, door with grille, and door with grille
- See-through dynamic brake exhaust
- Short right side air intake grille
- Left side auxiliary cab: 3 tall doors with latches on the #2 door and short auxiliary cab filter box door
- Right side auxiliary cab: 4 doors with latches on #1 and #4 doors
- Lost wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HLR2 horn mounted on engine cab roof
- ES44 style engine cab doors: latched first door in each set of three
- Left side exhaust cab doors: latched last door in set of three
- Flush heat exchanger housing with two piece wide slot grille
- 22 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
- Raised radiator grille
- Left side radiator cab grille arrangement: Raised doors. Grilles – Tall-Short-Tall-Short-Tall, no grille under brake wheel short front angled grille and two-piece rear angled grille
- Right side radiator cab grille arrangement: Raised doors. Grilles – tall, short, tall, raised large rectangle, tall, short, tall, short front angled grill, two-piece rear angled grille
- Flat water fill box with sight glass
- High mounted horizontal rear headlight
- Rear wide-spaced dual dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles
- Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and cabling
- AEI tag mounted on bracket below the right sidesill
- Toilet drain with interior handle
- Dual Graham-White (Prime) 075 air filters
- Graham-White 994-500 air dryer
- GE Hi-Ad trucks with smooth section in sideframe over center axle plus separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, and rotating bearing caps
- 5,300-gallon fuel tank with internal waste retention tank, digital fuel gauge, vertical fuel gauge, and round fuel gauge
- Dual fuel fills per side with rear fill “blanked”
- Angled top left side fuel tank top box
- Short crankcase drainpipe
- EOT basket mounted on left rear of fuel tank
- Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with die-cast metal semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers
- Factory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow with grab irons, spare knuckles, 3-hose Multiple Unit (MU) clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air tanks, fuel tank mounted electronic bell, brake wheel, and more
- Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
- Balanced dual flywheels
- All-wheel drive
- All-wheel electrical pick-up
- Directional LED headlights
- Printing and lettering legible under magnification
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum Radius: 18”
- Recommended Radius: 22”
DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
- ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” feature
- Dual cube-type speakers
- Accurate GEVO-12 prime mover sound plus auxiliary, horn, bell, and more
- ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***
- Operates on both DC and DCC layouts
DCC & sound ready locomotives also feature:
- Operable using a DC power pack
- DCC ready with 21-pin connector
* Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC
** During DC operation, class lights illuminate in white. Access to other colors and the ability to change colors requires an ESU DCC decoder while operating in DCC
*** Compatible with appropriately programmed ESU decoders while operating using DCC