Kato 37-6438 HO Union Pacific AC4400CW Diesel Locomotive #5791/Flag Unit – Your Source for Gaming Essentials Trains

Description

This is Kato 37-6438 HO AC4400CW UP #5791/Flag Unit. General Electric AC4400CW is a 4,400 horsepower diesel-electric locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems btween 1993 and 2004. It is similiar to the Dash 9-44CW, but features AC traction motors instead of DC, with a seperate inverter per motor. There were 2,598 General Electric AC4400CW locomotive produced for North American railroads. As a result of more strigent emissions requirements that came into effect in the United States on January 1, 2005, the AC4400CW has been replaced by the General Electric ES44AC.

Union Pacific’s large fleet of AC4400CW locomotives, with hundreds of locomotives on the roster, is full of variation. Some of UP’s locomotives have come through mergers with Southern Pacific and Chicago & North Western. Building America Scheme

With a debut in 2002, Union Pacific’s current Brand Identity is known as Building America. This paint scheme features the same Winged Shield on the locomotive nose, but adds a beautiful US flag to the locomotive hood as well as a UP Shield and the tagline Building America. Current versions of these locomotives also have a yellow sill stripe, as opposed to older UP paint schemes which used a more traditional red variation.

Its key features are:
Locomotive feature directional Golden White LED headlights and illuminated preprinted numberboards
Lighted ditch lights in the prototypical position
Sound friendly construction with a speaker housing in the fuel tank, designed for a 1.1 round speaker
Drop-in DCC friendly with a NMRA standard 8-pin plug for easy DCC upgrading, with or without sound
Powerful five pole motor with brass flywheels and all-wheel electrical pickup
Comes with a number of consumer applied detail parts such as individually molded windshield wipers, MU hoses, and grab irons

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: Kato
Model Number: 37-6438
Road Name: Union Pacific (UP)

Scale/Era: HO Scale
Model Type: Diesel Loco

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11636499.

Trainz Product Id: 11636499