497117-03 - InterMountain HO Virginia & Ohio GE Tier 4 GEVO ET44AC #4461 DCC Non-Sound

497117-03 - InterMountain HO Virginia & Ohio GE Tier 4 GEVO ET44AC #4461 DCC Non-Sound

Pre-Order price is $259.95.

Some model railroads are so believable it’s easy to become immersed in what could be. Allen McClelland’s approach of the layout operation extending “beyond the basement” was revolutionary for the time. It paved the way for modelers to envision the V&O as a part of a larger network of railroads
and possibly interchanging with their layout too. The decades progressed, the motive power transitioned through steam into diesel and eventually into the 2nd generation diesel era, with the V&O becoming part of the Appalachian Lines. Paying tribute to Allen McClelland and his legacy, InterMountain isoffering an ET44AC Tier 4 GEVO heritage unit. This locomotive, numbered #1934, is Allen’s birth year and represents a 1960’s era first generation diesel for the V&O complete with original
“coon-skin” logo. The Appalachian Lines, being part of the national railroad system, would most likely also pool power across the system with Tony Koester’s Allegheny Midland and Steve King’s Virginia Midland. Considering modern railroad trends with pool and lease power, it is entirely possible that V&O locomotives would be seen running through on a coal train or as a leased DPU on your layout.

• Two air intakes behind cab ES44AC style Inverter compartment
• Enhanced clearance, angled after treatment exhaust bin
• Rear ditchlights
• Four road numbers
• Short front snowplow
• Nose door window
• High number boards
• 4-window cab side windows
• Sunshades
• Wabtec air filter
• PTC antenna array
• Hi-adhesion trucks
• Low rear sand filler
• Rear vertical headlight

MODEL FEATURES:
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run
• Onboard DCC decoder with ESU Lok decoder
• DCC-equipped features Lok Pilot DCC decoder installed on a 21-pin connector motherboard
• Functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes
• Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, field measurements, photographs, and more
• Accurately-painted and –printed paint schemes
• Coupler cutbar
• MU hoses
• Trainline hose
• See through cab windows with tinted side 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, and retention tanks
• Metal knuckle couplers - Kadee compatible
• Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
• Driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, for trouble free operation
• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation
• Excellent slow speed control
• Wheels with InterMountain RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Animated spinning roller bearing caps
• Bidirectional LED constant lighting
• Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage
• CV chart included in the box
• Illuminated ditch lights
• Low front headlight
• Tinted cab windows
• Nathan Airchime K5HL Horn
• 5000-gallon fuel tank
• Era: 2012+
• Minimum radius: 22”
• Recommended radius: 24”