GE Dash 8-40CW
w/DCC & Sound

Santa Fe  No. 880

Wide Nose!

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.

• Ditch lights
• Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad
• 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
• Dual speaker system
• Authentic diesel engine sounds
• Squealing brakes
• Doppler effect
• Air let-off in neutral
• Coupler impact sounds when operated with DCC
• Helper mode that mutes the whistle and bell for double heading

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