ScaleTrains HO Scale: Rivet Counter - GE DASH 9-44CW - DCC & Sound - BNSF 'Heritage I & II'
With railroad, road number, and era specific details, our Rivet Counter series DASH-9 is the definitive model of this popular GE locomotive. In our continuing effort to push the boundaries of realism in model railroading, the Rivet Counter DASH-9 features operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights.
Features: Road numbers 4144 and 4158
Era: late 2010s to present, series BNSF 4097-4146, built 10-11/02
STI-CO PTC antennas
Motive Equipment Inc. (MEI) ME7000 HVAC Unit
Salem Air Dryer
Orange color under lower yellow stripes on nose front
Road number 4337
Era: late 2010s to present, series BNSF 4300-4598, built 1-12/99
Octagonal antenna dome
Exhaust stack storage cover bracket
Motive Equipment Inc. (MEI) ME7000 HVAC Unit
Wabtec Graham White 994-500 Series Air Dryer
Green color under lower yellow stripes on nose front
Road number 4346
Era: late 2010s to present, series BNSF 4300-4598, built 1-12/99
STI-CO PTC antennas
Exhaust stack storage cover bracket
Dayton Phoenix (DPG) Model 280260 HVAC Unit
HVAC in faded paint as replacement unit
Salem Air Dryer
Green color under lower yellow stripes on nose front
Road number 4478
Era: late 2010s to present, series BNSF 4300-4598, built 1-12/99
STI-CO PTC antennas
Exhaust stack storage cover bracket
Dayton Phoenix (DPG) Model 280260 HVAC Unit
HVAC in faded paint as replacement unit
Salem Air Dryer
Orange color under lower yellow stripes on nose front
Road number 4331
Era: late 2010s to present, series BNSF 4300-4598, built 1-12/99
LinkUp PTC antennas
Exhaust stack storage cover bracket
Clear air cab and engine cab swapped with H1 unit
Dayton Phoenix (DPG) Model 280260 HVAC Unit
Wabtec Graham White 994-500 Series Air Dryer
Engine cab swapped from H1 painted unit
Rusty air tanks
Green color under lower yellow stripes on nose front
Road number 5441
Era: late 2010s to present, series BNSF 5420-5499, built 4-9/00
STI-CO PTC antennas
Exhaust stack storage cover bracket
Clear air cab and engine cab swapped with H1 unit
Dayton Phoenix (DPG) Model 280260 HVAC Unit
Salem Air Dryer
Engine cab swapped from H1 painted unit
Orange color under lower yellow stripes on nose front
Other Features:
GE safety cab with “gull-wing” roof profile and four (4) side windows
Operating LED front, rear, and side walkway lights
Operating front deck mounted LED ditch lights
Short snowplow with open doors and grab irons
5-step stepwells with see through steps
Walkway with front anticlimber
Narrow profile end handrails
Front nose headlight
Nose door with window
Two-piece nose top grab irons
Standard battery box doors
Cab interior with desktop controls for both engineer ad conductor
Late angled engine cab profile with tri-fold power assembly access doors
Late dynamic brake exhaust
Early electrical cabinet with drop grab irons on rear
Lost-wax brass Nathan AirChime K3LAR2 horn mounted on engine cab
Late non-flanged exhaust stack housing
Tall latched access door on long hood end
Late radiator door grilles in alternating heights
High-mounted rear sandfiller
Standard wheel type handbrake
Early lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings
Separate air tanks with lower mounting brackets, connector pipe and connector pipe cover
Fuel tank mounted steel bell
Dual fuel fills per side
5,000-galon fuel tank with vertical weld seam
Round and vertical analog fuel gauges
Late Hi-Ad trucks with cantilever struts on right front and left rear sideframes
Early, square handbrake chain bracket
Spare coupler knuckle holders on rear pilot face
Rivet Counter DASH 9-44CW Locomotives Also Feature:
Fully-assembled (except undecorated)
Multiple road numbers
Operating front, rear, and side LED walkway lights
Printed and LED lighted number boards
Four (4) cabs
“Gullwing” with three (3) side windows
“Gullwing” with four (4) side window
Standard safety cab with low headlight
Standard safety cab with high headlight
Dayton Phoenix (DPG) Model 280620 or Motive Equipment (MEI) ME7000 HVAC Units
GE Hi-Ad trucks with separately applied brake cylinders, air plumbing, and struts (per prototype)
Early with reinforcement bulge
Late with cantilever struts on right front and left rear sideframes
Late with non-cantilevered struts on all four sideframes
Late with cantilever struts on all four sideframes
Rotating axle bearing caps
Nose door with or without window
Four (4) step or five (5) step stepwells with see through steps
Narrow or wide profile end handrails
One or two-piece nose top grab iron(s)
Early (curved), late (angled) or late (angled) with “tri-fold” power assembly access doors engine cab profile
Early flanged or late non-flanged exhaust stack housing
Early or late lifting lugs on ends of radiator wings
Low or high rear sand filler
Separate air tanks with lower or upper mounting brackets
Three (3) types of fuel fills per side: single; dual; dual with rear fill blanked
Spare coupler knuckle holders on truck sideframes or rear pilot face
GE “nub” pattern walkway tread
Accurately profiled frame with separately applied plumbing and traction motor cabling
Detailed cab interior with separate floor, rear wall, seats, and desktop controls or control stand, per prototype
Tinted cab side windows
26 individually-applied etched metal see-through radiator intake and exhaust grilles on sides and top of radiator compartment
“Bathtub” exhaust silencer
5,000-gallon fuel tank
Factory-applied detail parts: wire grab irons, snowplow, spare knuckles, trainline hoses, 3-hose MU clusters, uncoupling levers, windshield wipers, mirrors, sunshades, air tanks, fuel tank mounted bell, brake wheel, exhaust stack 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
Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color wheverpossible
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 DCC and Sound decoder with “Full Throttle”
Two (2) cube-type speakers
Accurate FDL-16 prime mover and auxiliary sounds, horn, bell, and more
ESU-designed PowerPack with two (2) super capacitor
Operates on both DC and DCC layouts*
* Note: some sound and lighting functions on DCC & sound-equipped versions are not operable using DC