Description

Different road # shown in illustration.

First built for Union Pacific in the late 1980’s by General Electric, the DASH 8-40C diesel locomotives were identified by an enlarged exhaust stack and the mounting of the dynamic brake grids in a square-like unit behind the cab, which housed an enlarged equipment blower fan. These six-axle, 4,000 hp engines are still in service today in North America.

The 4,000hp Dash 8-40CW was produced by General Electric between 1989 and 1993 as a follow-up to the successful Dash 8-40C locomotive. The most distinguishing feature of this model was the introduction of GE’s version of the wide-nose North American Safety Cab. This style of cab would become a common sight on railroads across the country. Four major railroads purchased the Dash 8-40CW in fairly large quantities, including Conrail, CSX, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Most of these units are still in regular mainline and heavy-haul freight service today. Due to various mergers, they can also be seen operating for new owners Norfolk Southern and BNSF.

Masterâ„¢ Silver Features:

• Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad (8-40CW only)
• Realistic die-cast underframe
• Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers
• Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate® Proto-couplers
• Highly detailed coupler cut bars
• Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses
• Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
• Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
• Directional lighting
• Painted crew members
• Snowplow and piping on trucks
• Recommended minimum radius: 22”
• NMRA 8-pin plug for DCC (Decoder-ready)

Masterâ„¢ Gold Features:

The Atlas Master Series Gold versions of these locomotives are able to use all of the QSI® Quantum System sound features on DC layouts with use of the Atlas Quantum Engineer.

• Realistic die-cast underframe
• Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers
• Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate® Proto-couplers
• Highly detailed coupler cut bars
• Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses
• Five-pole skewed armature motor with dual flywheels for optimum performance at all speeds
• Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails
• Directional lighting
• Painted crew members
• Snowplow and piping on trucks
• Recommended minimum radius: 22”
• Electronic Dual-Mode® Decoder (e-DMD) that allows your locomotive to run in DCC or traditional DC (Quantum Engineer required for control of sounds in DC)

QSI® Titan Sound Decoder Features Including:
(Atlas Master Series Gold locomotives only)

• • NEW QSI Titan Sound Technology
  • 2nd Generation, proprietary sound processor for an increase in sound quality and variety
  • Ability to cut, paste and upgrade to new sounds with the Quantum Programmer (sold separately)
  • 64 simultaneous sound channels

Note: Due to the higher starting voltage required to operate the sound system, it is not possible to MU a non-sound-equipped loco in DC (analog) mode.