Product Overview
VIA FEATURES:
- Newly tooled nose for VIA specific details
- Alternate air dryer per VIA prototype
- Officially licensed artwork and official paint colors
In 2015, VIA started to repaint their fleet of P42’s into this vibrant teal/green scheme. During this time, they had an extra bright front light added to the nose to help with visibility. The photo below shows the version before the addition of the light.
P40DC/P42DC SERIES LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
- Officially licensed product of Amtrak® (Amtrak-painted units)
- Officially licensed product of Via Rail Canada® (Via painted units)
- Officially licensed product of Operation Lifesaver (Operation Lifesaver-painted unit)
- 4 different nose variations: Amtrak as-built with strobes, Amtrak as-built without strobes, Amtrak rebuilt, and Via
- Operating marker lights front and rear on Tsunami2 equipped models
- Rear marker lights installed, but not connected on DCC Ready models
- Newly-tooled lit number boards
- Flashing strobe light and “Big-Hole” emergency light on equipped Amtrak units (Operational on DCC only)
- Flashing ditch lights on non-strobe equipped Amtrak units synced with horn blow (Operational on DCC only)
- Flexible rubber MU hoses
- Flexible rubber trainline hose
- Separately applied wire handrails
- Exhaust stack
- Photo etched metal radiator fan grille
- Highly-detailed underframe including air tanks with air lines, air filter, and air dryer with two different types of rock shields
- McHenry® scale knuckle couplers - Kadee® compatible
- DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector
- 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 including operating ditch lights and red marker lights
- Completely-redesigned die-cast frame for superior tractive effort
- Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
- Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
- Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
- Packaging securely holds model for safe storage
- Minimum radius: 18” — Recommended radius: 22”
