PRE-ORDER: Athearn 1259 - EMD SD40-2 w/ DCC and Sound Kansas City Southern (KCS) 681 - HO Scale

Pre-Order Due Date:  10.06.23

• There is a 5% non-refundable deposit for preorders, this amount will be deducted from the price of the product when it arrives.  
• For any pre-order submitted after the due date, we will try our best to fulfill your order, but are at the mercy of the manufacturer and if they produce more than were preordered by their dealers.
• Pre-Orders will show a 0 shipping cost now, and shipping will be included on your invoice at time of product arrival.
• Following your reservation, you will receive an email invoice with the details of your order just for reference.  When the products are available to ship, you will receive the same invoice again this time to make payment.

KCS FEATURES:
• Mid-production body with corrugated grilles
• Stratolite beacon (Effect in DCC)
• Pointed front / rear rock plows • 123” “snoot” nose with brakewheel
• Leslie 5-chime horn • Firecracker antennas
• 4000 gallon fuel tank • HTC sideframes

SD40-2 LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
• Flexible rubber MU hoses for durability
• Flexible rubber trainline hose
• See-through cab windows
• Coupler cut levers
• Wire grab irons
• Exhaust stack
• See-through dynamic brake and radiator fans
• Frame mounted bell (unless noted)
• Detailed fuel tank with fuel fillers, fuel gauges, & breather pipes
• Separately applied air tanks
• Fine-scale Celcon handrails for scale appearance
• Photo-etch stainless steel windshield wipers
• LED Illuminated front and rear headlights, ditch lights, and beacons
(where applicable to the prototype)
• DCC-ready Non-sound version features 21-pin NEM DCC plug
• McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
• 5-pole motor with precision-machined flywheels and multi-link drive train
for trouble free operation
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Bi-directional LED lighting for realistic appearance
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field
measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately –painted and –printed paint schemes
• Packaging securely holds model for safe storage
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• Minimum radius: 18” Recommended radius 22”

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The SD40-2 was introduced in January 1972 as part of EMD’s Dash 2
series, responding to competing products from GE and ALCO. Reliability
and versatility of the 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 made it the best-selling
model in EMD’s history and the standard of the industry for several
decades after its introduction. The SD40-2 was an improvement over
the SD40, with modular electronic control systems similar to those of
the experimental SD45X and DDA40X. The last SD40-2 delivered to a
United States railroad was built in July 1984, with production continuing for
railroads in Canada until 1988.

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE
• Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Econami sound
• Single cube speaker for optimal sound quality
• Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
• Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
• Some functions are limited in DC
• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
• Effect lighting (if applicable) using F5 and/or F6
• Excellent low-speed operation
• Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
• Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
• CV chart included in the box