Athearn Genesis G31688 - HO GE AC4400CW - DCC Ready - Kansas City Southern KCS #2001

HO GE AC4400CW - DCC Ready - Kansas City Southern KCS #2001 Detailed Information KCS FEATURES: As-delivered appearance Large plow High mount number boards Walkway mounted ditch lights Mid production units 5-chime horn GE style self-steering trucks KCS, being a long-time customer of EMD locomotives, turned to GE in late 1999 for 50 AC4400 units. They were factory painted in their then-current grey scheme. By 2006, they were renumbered to the 4575 series. KCS started to repaint them into their -Southern Belle- scheme in 2013. AC4400CW SERIES LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES: DCC-ready features Quick Plug plug-and-play technology with 21-pin NEM connector Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more Accurately -painted and -printed paint schemes LED lighting adjusted to lifelike settings. Illuminated number boards Illuminated ground lights above front trucks Illuminated front and rear walkway lights Illuminated marker lights (where applicable) Etched, see-through walkway steps Animated roller bearing caps Coupler cut levers Flexible rubber MU hoses for durability Flexible rubber trainline hose See-through cab windows Full cab interior Walkway tread Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance Windshield wipers Lift rings Wire grab irons Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes Sander lines Brass horns correct to the prototype McHenry scale knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible 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 Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power Packaging securely holds model for safe storage