ScaleTrains HO Scale: Rivet Counter - GE ES44AH GEVO - DCC Ready - CSX
'Law Enforcement'
In 2019, CSX partnered with Operation Gratitude, Blue Star Families, Operation Homefront, Wounded Warrior Project, and First Responders Children’s Foundation as part of their Pride In Service™ initiative. To honor our heroes, CSX painted three unique “Spirit” locomotives: Armed Forces, First Responders, and Law Enforcement. We worked closely with CSX to accurately reproduce these special locomotives in HO Scale. A portion of the model proceeds will benefit each of these exceptional non-profit organizations.
Road Number Specific Details:
Era: 2019 to present
Series 3175-3199, built 1-4/15
Pride in Service: “Spirit Of Our Law Enforcement”
Officially licensed by CSX
Paint scheme created using paint & lettering diagrams provided by CSX
“Thin Blue Line” American flag printed on cab side windows
Operating LED front deck-mounted alternating ditch lights**
SXT32399/SXT32400 – red and blue ditch light lenses
SXT32294/SXT32295 – clear ditch light lenses
Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights*
Operating LED ground light on left side of locomotive*
See-through round-hole stepwell steps
Walkway with front anticlimber; no support brackets
Front and rear raised pilot-mounted Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles
Front dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles mounted to pilot face
Single trainline hose with silver gladhand
Rear wide-spaced dual dummy Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles
Front and rear ECP brake equipment box and cable mounted on pilot face
Pilot-mounted battery charging receptacles
Sill-mounted tow chain
Wide profile end handrails
Late handrails with U-bolt caps and wide rear most stanchion on long side
Front nose headlight
Front straight grab irons mounted directly to the nose
Front right side mounted narrow nose drop grab iron
Right nose door with window
Front high-mounted (cab) numberboard housings
Late cab with barrel bolt latches on subbase doors
Left side under cab front access bolted X panel, rear door with square corrugated grille
Dual cab side blue flag holder
LSL (Locomotive Speed Limiter) indicator lights on cab sides (Non-operating)
Tall mirror mounted in front of sliding cab side windows on both sides; additional small mirror on right side
Cab roof octagonal antenna dome with dual STI-CO PTC antennas
Sand box clean out door with knuckle buster latch and hinge
Large hinged inverter cabinet door
Left side dynamic brake cab: tri blower dynamic brake with flush exhaust
Right side dynamic brake cab: door with grille, small grille, door with grille, and door with grille
Long right side air intake grille
Left side auxiliary cab: 3 tall doors with latches on the #2 door
Right side auxiliary cab: raised X panel door; 3 doors with latches on #2 and #3 doors
Lost wax brass cast Leslie RS-5T-RRO horn with debris covers mounted on engine cab roof
ET44 style engine cab doors: latched center door in each set of three
Left side exhaust cab doors: latched center door in set of three
Flush heat exchanger housing
Raised radiator grille
Right side radiator cab: fourth and fifth have short grilles
Flat water fill box with sight glass
AEI tag mounted to right sidesill
Dual Graham-White (Prime) 075 air filters
Graham-White 994-500 air dryer
Late GE Steerable trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, rotating bearing caps, and reinforcement bar under center journal
5,300-gallon fuel tank with internal waste retention tank, digital fuel gauge, vertical fuel gauge, and round fuel gauge
Dual fuel fills per side with rear fill “blanked”
Flat top left side fuel tank top box
Long sump drainpipe attached to the end of the fuel tank
Semi-scale coupler buffers equipped with die-cast metal semi-scale SBE bottom shelf knuckle couplers
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this locomotive benefit the following non-profit organizations:
Blue Star Families
First Responders Children’s Foundation
Operation Homefront
Operation Gratitude
Wounded Warrior Project
Rivet Counter ES44 Locomotives Also Feature:
Fully assembled
Multiple road numbers
Directional LED headlights
Printed and LED lighted number boards*
GE “nub” tread plate on walkways
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, control stand, and grade crossing camera
Tinted cab side windows
Etched metal see-through dynamic brake intake grilles with blower motors visible inside
See-through dynamic brake exhaust
Separate exhaust stack
22 individually applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and cabling
Factory-applied wire grab irons, snowplow, spare knuckles, 3-hose MU clusters with silver gladhands, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air tanks, fuel tank mounted electronic bell, brake wheel, and more.
All-wheel drive
All-wheel electrical pick-up
Dual flywheels
Motor with 5-pole skew wound armature
Printing and lettering legible under magnification