MTH RailKing #1 Gauge Amtrak Dash-8CW w/PS2 & DCS

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I picked this MTH Dash-8 up at a train show recently and decided to fix it as it had a bad electronics board in it. 1 new 2mb bottom processor board and she works just fine! Think I'll gut the electronics and install them into a Aristo-Craft Dash-9.

Here's some Dash-8 info...

A GE Dash 8-40C is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1987 and 1992, wheel arrangement is of a C-C type. This locomotive model is sometimes referred to as a C40-8. or simply "Dash 8". "Dash 8" in general refers to the electrical control series, "Dash" being a carryover from the older syntax of C40-8. The "40" refers to the baseline rated horsepower (4000) of the unit, although some units may be re-rated to 4100hp.

Later units were supplied with a wide cab and are designated Dash 8-40CW, the "W" indicating a wide cab

C41-8

Some railroads, in particular the Chicago and North Western, upgraded some of their units to 4135 hp and designated them as C42-8. This designation was modified by Union Pacific to C41-8 after its takeover of C&NW in 1995. Former C&NW units are usually identified by a grab-iron on the front nose just above the Union Pacific shield logo, and/or the "C41-8" designation on the cab side. The final three C&NW C40-8s were built with 4135hp, and the prior 32 units were similarly modified as well. Although none of these units were ever officially classed as C41-8 by GE, a safety cab version was built as the Dash 8-41CW.

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• MTH
• DCS
• PS2
• Dash-8
• General Electric
• One Gauge
• 1/29
• 1/32
• Large Scale
• Garden Railroads
• LGB

[MTHDCS]

@Barricade360 #1 Gauge is Large Scale and this Dash-8 is 1/32 scale.

[Barricade360]

ho scale?