176-8541-DCC SD70ACU Diesel CP Military Heritage 7020 Green - DCC-Fitted option-set-212 multi-part cradle

multi-part cradle

which was introduced as a replacement for the old HST (diesel high-speed train) under the Intercity Rapid Transit Plan (IEP) being promoted in the UK

It needs to be hauled by a locomotive as the often described ‘motorised’ element of this item reflects the motor driving the cleaning heads and not the movement of the model

control elements

this had become part of EWS and 60038 was named 'Avesta Polarit' after the steel making company at the DFDS Immingham sea terminal on 19th March 2002

176-8541-DCC SD70ACU Diesel CP Military Heritage 7020 Green - DCC-Fitted option-set-212 multi-part cradleIn many ways, the SD70ACU is a modified SD90MAC. The SD90MAC struggled to find a place on US and Canadian Railroads in the 90s. While Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific purchased many of these engines smaller railroads felt alienated from the gigantic prime movers which limited the SD90MACs operational use. In 2016 Norfolk Southern decided to convert several SD90MACs to SD70ACUs, the Siemens tech was swapped with Mitsubishi components and the cab was