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Scaletrains HO Museum Quality HO Scale EMD SDL39, Milwaukee Road/Billboard Lettering / 583 / DCC & Sound Equipped

SKU SXT70061
Part Number: SXT70061
Manufacturer: Scaletrains
Scale: HO Scale

$364.99

: $455.99

Quantity available: 7

Additional Information:

  • Milwaukee 583
    • Era: late 1970s-1985
    • Series Milw 581 to 585, built March/April 1969
    • Data label and placement variations
    • 81” low short hood with blanked cab heater louvers 
    • “Whip” radio antenna mounted on cab roof
    • Snow shield brackets on rear of cab roof
    • Front EMD-style low pilot snowplow with uncoupling lever clearance corners, MU hose doors, and grab irons; rear weed cutter plow
    • 35-Line” cab with standard front windshields and blanked cab heater louvers
    • Standard jacking pads at bolsters and extra jacking pads next to steps; total four (4) jacking pads per side
    • 1,200-gallon fuel tank with single fuel filler, dual vertical fuel gauges, and round fuel gauge on both tank sides
  • Fully assembled
  • Multiple road numbers
  • Directional LED headlights
  • Operating LED-lit Prime PM-8901 Stratolite Beacon*
  • Operating LED-lit tricolor (red, green, and white) flush-mounted class lights with raised gasket**
  • Operating LED-lit cab interior and control stand lights*
  • Operating LED-lit front, rear, and fireman’s side walkway lights*
  • Operating LED-lit ground lights on both sides of locomotive
  • Printed and LED-lighted number boards
  • Front and rear early small deck extension
  • No drop steps
  • Stepwells with see-through steps; front edges painted white
  • Scale sectioned “late” pattern walkway treadplate
  • Front and rear Multiple Unit (MU) stands
  • Latched battery box doors with narrow louvers
  • Latched cab sub-base doors with early hinges
  • Drop grabs and standard nut-bolt-washer (NBW) mounting on nose front and top
  • Standard EMD high headlight in numberboard housing
  • Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and standard AAR control stand
  • Sliding cab windows
  • All weather window on right cab side; short mirror mounted in front of window on left cab side 
  • No sunshades
  • Standard EMD arm rests
  • Lost-wax brass Leslie S-3L-R three-chime horn; mounted center rear of number board housing 
  • Ratchet brake with chain
  • Small ECAFB
  • Early (smooth) blower duct housing
  • Inertial air intake grilles without drip rails
  • Standard corrugated air filter screens
  • Separately applied dust bin and exhaust stack
  • Non-dynamic brake
  • “Chickenwire” radiator grilles
  • Standard-height fan housings with 9-blade radiator fans visible inside
  • Photoetched concentric ring fan grilles
  • Winterization hatch over first radiator fan housing
  • Front and rear straight uncoupling levers with loop handles; two inner and two outer mounting brackets
  • Handrail set with pilot face mounted outer end rail stanchions and solid railing
  • 4-hose MU hose clusters with silver gladhands
  • Late deck-mounted MU receptacle
  • Pilot face bracing detail behind stepwells
  • Underbody frame rail with separate plumbing and traction motor cables
  • Sill-mounted EFCO button
  • Steel bell mounted high behind the cab on the left side
  • Air tanks with plumbing
  • Salem air filter (accordion style)
  • Detailed light weight EMD C-C export trucks with Hyatt bearing caps and separate brake cylinders and brake lines
  • Inboard and outboard sanding lines
  • Speed recorder mounted on the second axle, left side
  • Paint colors matched to Tru-Color Paint: TCP-111 Milwaukee Road Orange
  • Factory-applied wire grab irons, wire lift rings, windshield wipers, horns, coupler cut levers, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, sand hatch covers, and much more
  • Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type “E” knuckle couplers
  • All-wheel drive
  • All-wheel electrical pick-up
  • Motor with 5-pole skew-wound armature
  • Dual flywheels
  • Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
  • Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
  • Packaging safely stores model
  • Minimum radius: 18”
  • DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:
    • ESU LokSound 5 DCC & Sound decoder with “Full Throttle” feature
    • Dual cube-type speakers
    • EMD 12-Cylinder 645E3 turbocharged prime mover sounds
    • Curve squeal and frog clank sounds*
    • ESU designed “PowerPack” with two super capacitors***
    • Operates on both DC and DCC layouts