• Ready for use with DCC (DCC interface)

Era: late 1993 to 1995 Series Chicago & North Western 8601-8730, built November 1993 through May 1994 Road number 8659 Painted CNW Operation Lifesaver Scheme with green lettering on yellow nose No HVAC unit, CNW ordered without Fully-assembled Multiple road numbers Operating LED-illuminated front pilot face mounted ditch lights* Printed and LED-illuminated number boards* Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, MU cable, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, brake wheel, and more Tall snowplow with open doors and grab irons Semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers – Micro-Trains® compatible Body mounted coupler box – accepts Micro-Trains® 1015/1016 type couplers without modification 5-step stepwells Walkway with front anticlimber GE “nub” pattern walkway tread Narrow profile end handrails Nose door with window Front LED-illuminated headlight with lenses on low short hood GE safety cab with three (3) side windows Detailed cab interior with floor, rear wall, seats, and desktop Tinted cab side windows Large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna, small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry antenna and small “cone” antenna “Blanked” Prime PM5191 HVAC housing Early (curved) engine cab profile Early flanged exhaust stack housing “Bathtub” exhaust silencer Early radiator door grille pattern (all the same height) Low-mounted rear sandfiller Early lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings Rear LED-illuminated vertical headlight with lenses Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and traction motor cabling GE Hi-Ad trucks with separately applied brake cylinders and air plumbing Separate air tanks with lower mounting brackets Fuel tank mounted steel bell 5,000 gallon fuel tank Dual fuel fills per side Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature Dual flywheels All-wheel drive All-wheel electrical pick-up Printing and lettering legible under magnification Operates on Code 55 and 80 rail Packaging safely stores model Minimum Radius: 9 ¾” Recommended Radius: 11” DC/DCC ready locomotives also features: Operates on DC layouts DCC ready with Next18 connector