GE Dash 8-40CW

Upgraded Features for Silver and Gold Versions! (2024)

Metal couplers
Improved headlight/ditchlight color and brightness
Independently controlled lit number boards
Independently controlled lit marker lights (where appropriate per road name)
Improved windshield glazing
Etched metal windshield wipers
New cab side without sunshade mount rack (where appropriate per road name)
Features:

Ditch lights (8-40CW only)
Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad (8-40CW only)
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”
Atlas Master™ Series Silver Additional Features:

NMRA 8-pin plug for DCC (Decoder-ready)
Atlas Master™ Series Gold Additional Features:

ESU Sound equipped
AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.