PRE-ORDER: Class One Model Works LM00460 - EMD GP40 (DCC and Sound) Union Pacific (UP) 1531 - HO Scale

Pre-Order Due Date:  December 15 2025

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Please note that Estimated Arrival Dates can change at any point. Midwest Model Railroad is not responsible for manufacturers delaying production.

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Union Pacific 1531 Specific Features:

• Frame Mounted Bell

• Lift-Out Cab Base Doors With Stiffening Ribs

• GP40-2 Lettering

• Cut Levers With Extended Handles, Front Cut Lever Is V-Shaped, Rear Cut Lever Is Straight

• 3200 Gallon Fuel Tank With Snyder Fuel Fillers, Single Vertical Fuel Gauges, Blanked Round Fuel Gauge, And Tank Top Fuel Gauges

• Four Speed Recorders: One On The Second Axle On The Engineer’s Side, Three On The Fireman’s Side on Axles One, Two, And Three

• 4 Tall Jack Pads, 2 Per Side

• Vapor Air Conditioner

• Sinclair Antenna On Ground Plane

• Sinclair ETD Antenna

• Center Cap Grills Over All Fans

Union Pacific Road Specific Features:

• Era: Mid-2010s To Present

• Accurate Union Pacific Armour Yellow Paint Scheme

• LED-Illuminated Headlights 

• LED-Illuminated Number Boards

• LED-Illuminated Step Lights

• LED-Illuminated Walkway Lights

• LED-Illuminated Truck Lights

• LED-Illuminated Ditch Lights, Arranged Correctly For Each Unit Number

• Dynamic Brake Blister (Early Short Forward Taper) With 10-Blade Fan And Dynamic Brake Vent

• Nathan K3LA 3-Chime Airhorn On A Stand, Mounted Between The First And Second Radiator Fans On The Fireman’s Side

• Standard EMD Cab Sunshades

• Prototypically Appropriate Arrangement Of Rear View Mirrors And Wind Deflectors On Cab Sides

• Modified Raised Cab Doors

• Straight Nose Grab Irons

• 81 Inch Low Short Hood With Ratchet Handbrake

• Nose Toilet Vent

• Blanking Plates Over Nose And Cab Louvers

• UP Large Snowplow With Grab Irons On Front Pilot Plate, Spare Knuckle Holders On Rear Pilot Plate

• Late “Zig-Zag” Pilot Plates, As Modified By UP

• Low Clearance Step Wells

• 3-Hose MU Hose Clusters With Silver Gladhands

• MU And Dummy MU Pads Are Accurate To Each Road Number

• Pivoting Front And Rear Drop Steps

• “Chicken Wire” Radiator Intake Grills With Etched Diamond Pattern Mesh Screens

• Mix Of Etched Open Fan Grills And Etched Fan Grills With Center Caps, As Arranged Correctly For Each Unit Number

• Large Square ECAFB Box

• AEI Tags

• Early Smooth Blower Duct With Added Up Blower Box

• Rear Number Boards Removed As Per Prototype

• Additional Grab Irons On Forward Number Board Housing As Per Prototype

• Air Dryer Behind Fuel Tank On Engineer’s Side

GP40 General Features:

• Detailed And Painted Cab Interior, Complete With Separate Front Wall, Floor, Back Wall, Control Stand, And Seating

• Sliding Cab Windows

• New: Cab Interior Sunshades

• Highly Detailed Blomberg Trucks Complete With Traction Motor Detail

• Three (3) Detailed 9 Blade Radiator Fans

• Highly Detailed Underframe Piping, Plumbing, Cabling, And Salem Air Filters

• Prototypical Arrangement Of Sand Lines, Which Flex With Truck Movement

• Metal Handrails And Plastic Stanchions

General Locomotive Features:

• Fully Assembled

• Multiple Road Numbers

• Countless Factory Applied Detail Parts, Such As Grab Irons, Steps, Lifting Rings, Air Hoses, Windshield Wipers, Etc.

• Precise And Quiet Slow Speed Control

• Kadee® 5 Compatible Metal Couplers

• 5-Pole Skew Wound Motor

• Dual Flywheels

• CNC Machined Wheelsets With RP-25 Contour

• All Wheel Drive

• All Wheel Electrical Pickup

• Directional LED Headlights

• Quality Packaging Safely Stores Model

• 18 Inch Minimum Radius

DCC Sound Equipped Models Also Feature:

• All Fans On Your Model Function Prototypically With Micro-Processor Controlled Tru-Fans™ 

• Onboard DCC Decoder With SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Sound

• Onboard CurrentKeepers

DCC Sound Ready Models Also Feature:

• 21-Pin DCC Ready Connector