HO SW1000 Locomotive with DCC & Sound, VIA #203

HO SW1000 Locomotive with DCC & Sound, VIA #203

VIA FEATURES:

• Sinclair Antenna


• Roller bearing trucks


• 600 gallon fuel tank


• Officially licensed product of Via Rail Canada®

In 1987 VIA purchased 3 SW1000’s second hand from Inland Steel in Indiana for use in their yards in their Montréal Maintenance Centre.

SW1000 LOCOMOTIVE NEW FEATURES:

• Operating ground lights


• Newly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than before


• DCC-ready models feature 21-pin plug


• DCC & sound models feature Tsunami2 sound with dual cube speakers


• LED lighting for long life and reliable operation

SW1000 LOCOMOTIVE STANDARD FEATURES:

• Lit ground lights


• Detailed cab interior


• Drop steps unless noted


• MU stands


• Exhaust stack


• Printed numberboards


• Fine scale handrails


• Signal hoses with silver glad hands unless noted


• Front and rear trainline hoses with silver glad hands


• Separately applied wire grab irons


• See through radiator intake grille and cab windows


• Low or high mounted windshield wipers per prototype


• Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate


• Separately applied Air tank


• McHenry® scale knuckle couplers - Kadee® compatible


• All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth & quiet operation


• All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow


• DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology


• Improved 5-pole skew wound can motor with flywheels and multi-link drivetrain for with 21-pin NEM connector


• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track


• Window packaging for easy viewing


• Highly-detailed, injection molded body


• Painted and printed for realistic decoration


• Fully assembled and ready-to-run


• Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage


• Minimum radius: 18”

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE

• Onboard Tsunami2 DCC/Sound decoder


• 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


• Operating lighting functions with F5 and/or F6 (Flashing ditch lights, beacon, etc)


• 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

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

An EMD SW1000 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and October 1972. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 8-cylinder engine which generated 1,000 horsepower. This locomotive was built on the same common frame as the EMD SW1500, giving it an overall length of 44 feet 8 inches. Over one-third of SW1000 production went to the Burlington Northern Railroad.

The SW1000 was taller than previous EMD switchers, which posed a problem for industrial customers: at many facilities, tight clearances existed, and the SW1000 exceeded them. As a result, most production went to railroads, not industries.

114 EMD SW1000 units were built for railroads and industrial operations in the United States.

Currently 2 EMD SW1000 units are owned and operated by VIA Rail Canada in the Montreal Maintenance Centre.