Scaletrains Rivet Counter HO Scale GE DASH 8-40C, Rock Island Rail/RILX #3818 DCC Ready *Reservation*
SKU #'s SXT42599 Cab # 2717 Estimated Pre-Order price is $338.99 CDN + Tax + Shipping. Due uncertainty around what tariff percentage will be applied by Scaletrains to our cost at time of billing, along with the fluctuation with USD/CDN exchange rate, it is hard to give a accurate price. Estimated price is based on current situation (august 2nd, 2026). A deposit of $50 will be required 1 month before products arrival when we can give customers accurate price. If no deposit is made the order will be cancelled. All-new model Era: 2021 to Present RILX 2127; ex-UP 9092; exx-CNW 8544, build group 8543 to 8577, built 7-9/1991 Fully-assembled Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights* Operating LED front pilot face-mounted ditch lights** Front and rear LED-illuminated number boards* Late, hinged walkway light access covers Tall snowplow with open doors and grab irons Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers, painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of couplers in service 5-step stepwells with see-through steps Walkway with front anticlimber Later, split wide spaced anti-climber supports GE “nub” pattern walkway tread Wide, angled profile end handrails Front high (cab) mounted headlight Late, flat top nose profile with flat side panels and switch broom holder grab Single, center horizontal nose grab on raised mounting planes above nut, bolt, washer mounting details, and dual, outboard vertically mounted grab irons on raised mounting planes GE Spartan cab GE Spartan cab number board housing with marker light blanking plates Cab interior with detailed back wall and front dash, high-back seats, conductor’s workstation, and engineer’s AAR-style control stand Standard cab sub-base access doors Medium mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides Large Sinclair “ice skate” communication antenna and small Sinclair “ice skate” End of Train (EOT) telemetry antenna Late/modified side-mounted dynamic brake intake grilles Early curved engine cab profile with bi-fold power assembly access doors Lost-wax brass cast Leslie RS-5T horn mounted on engine cab “Bathtub” exhaust silencer 24 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on the sides and top of the radiator compartment Tall, forward radiator compartment door with latches Modified ‘wet’ radiator assembly with louvers and raised grilles, with rear body-mounted louver control box Low-mounted rear sand fill Accurately profiled frame with separately-applied plumbing and traction motor cabling GSC trucks with rotating Timken bearings; separate brake cylinders, center axle shock snubber, brake lines, and handbrake chain detail; and separate sanding lines and brackets Wheel faces painted a dingy gray/brown color to represent the color of wheelsets in service Speed recorder on left side third axle Graham-White 975-100 “Twin Tower” Air Filter Dryer 5,000-gallon fuel tank with vertical weld seams Single fuel fills per side with rear fill “blanked” Vertical analog fuel gauges and “blanked” round gauges Late, angle iron bell mounting bracket Separate air tanks with upper mounting brackets Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, and more Motor with 5-pole, skew-wound armature Dual flywheels All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up Directional LED-illuminated headlights Printing and lettering legible under magnification Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail Packaging safely stores the model Recommended Radius: 22” * Lighting features operate when using an ESU decoder with appropriate programming while operating using DCC. ** In DC operation, both front ditch lights illuminate; rear ditch lights (if equipped) do not illuminate
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