Scaletrains SXT33171 GE ET44C4 GEVO, BNSF/Heritage III #3687 - ESU v5.0 DCC and Sound HO Scale

Scaletrains SXT33171 GE ET44C4 GEVO, BNSF/Heritage III #3687 - ESU v5.0 DCC and Sound HO Scale. Picture may show a different road number.

Introduced in 2012, General Electric’s ET44 GEVO Series represents the latest in diesel-electric locomotive technology. Nearly every Class I railroad in the United States and Canada roster the GE Tier 4 GEVO.

Our Rivet Counter series model renders the numerous variations of engine cab rooflines, antennas, dynamic brakes, trucks, and more. We’ve also incorporated LED lighting effects including front, rear, and side walkway lights; ground lights (when applicable); printed and lighted number boards; and ditch lights.

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• Road numbers 3678, 3682, 3685, 3687, and 3690
  • Era: 2019 to present
  • Series 3675-3720, built 2019
  • Anti-skid tape on PTC cabinets runs front to back
• Road number 3722Wide profile end handrails – previous BNSF ET44s featured narrow profile handrails
  • Era: 2019 to present
  • Series 3721-3724, built 2019
  • Anti-skid tape on PTC cabinets runs left to right
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Prototype BNSF ET44s do not have ground lights
• Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*
• Operating front deck-mounted LED ditch lights**
• Printed and LED lighted number boards*
• Semi-scale coupler buffer equipped with durable metal semi-scale Type E knuckle couplers
• See-through round-hole stepwell steps
• Walkway with front anticlimber
• GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
• Extra nose front grab iron on engineer’s side of cab
• Front nose headlight
• Nose door with window
• Cab without barrel bolt latches on subbase doors
• In cab grade crossing camera mounted on right side
• Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, control stand, and crossing grade camera
• Tinted cab side windows
• Cab roof JEM Communications PTC antenna farm
• See-through dynamic brake exhaust
• Left side dynamic brake cab: X panel front and dual blower dynamic brake with flush exhaust
• Etched metal see-through dynamic brake intake grilles with blower motors visible inside
• Right side dynamic brake cab: X panel door, small grille, door with grille, and door with grille
• Current production engine cab (long hood) with angled exhaust compartment roofline
• Lost wax brass cast Nathan AirChime K5HLR2 horn mounted on engine cab roof
• Separate exhaust stack
• 40 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
• Standard production radiator door grilles
• Raised center brakewheel
• Sand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch and hinge
• Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
• “C4” A-1-A trucks with idler center axleAEI tag mounted on right sidesill
  • Prototype equipped with a weight management system for optimum adhesion control
  • Separately applied details include additional truck side frame cylinders, air piping, cam details, and control boxes mounted on sidesills
• 5,300 gallon fuel tank with external waste retention tank
• Dual fuel fills per side
• Factory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow with grab irons, spare knuckles, trainline hoses with silver gladhands, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air tanks with plumbing, fuel tank mounted electronic bell, sanding lines, and more
• Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
• Dual flywheels
• All-wheel drive
• All-wheel electrical pick-up
• Directional LED headlights
• Printing and lettering legible under magnification
• Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
• Packaging safely stores model
• Minimum Radius: 18”
• Recommended Radius: 22

DCC & sound equipped locomotives also feature:

• ESU-LokSound 5 decoder with “Full Throttle”
• Two (2) cube-type speakers
• Accurate GEVO-12 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
• ESU PowerPack with two (2) super capacitors***
• Operates on both DC and DCC layouts

Prototype History

Introduced in 2012, General Electric’s ET44 GEVO Series represents the latest in diesel-electric locomotive technology. The GE Tier 4 GEVO is designed to meet stringent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions regulations.The EPA “Tier” emissions standards are a series, or Tiers, of allowable emissions levels based upon a locomotives’ date of manufacture. The highest and most stringent tier level, Tier 4, sets maximum allowable NOx and hydrocarbon emissions levels for locomotives built for use in the United States from 2015 onward.While similar in appearance to previous GE ES44 GEVO designs, the Tier 4 models featured a longer frame compared to their predecessors. This allows for a larger radiator “cab” (GE refers to the various sections of the long hood as “cabs”), and a “hump” over the engine cab for advanced exhaust treatment equipment.Initially, a boxy housing filled the entire roofline on the blue-painted field test/demonstrator units. Due to changes in treatment equipment and clearance issues, the “hump” would decrease in size and shape into a boxy compartment around the exhaust on initial production units. This culminated in an angled compartment surrounding the exhaust manifold on locomotives produced since 2016.Despite boxier engine cab rooflines and a radically styled radiator cab, the basic Tier 4 design shares a family appearance with GE safety cab-equipped units going back to the DASH-9s of the 1990s. It even includes the same 12-cylinder GEVo-12 series prime mover and 4,400hp as its predecessor model.The Tier 4 units have proven to be popular with nearly all major U.S. and Canadian railroads. While GE has settled on a basic carbody design to keep production costs down, there are notable variations and detail differences due to customer specifications including antennas, dynamic brakes, trucks, and more.With over 1,000 units built, the ET44 is a common site across North American railroads.The HO Scale Tier 4 GEVo is made under trademark license from General Electric Transportation.