176-4015-S EMD SD70M Union Pacific Excursion 4015 - DCC-Sound Underlay Photo-etch coupler cross-over platform

Photo-etch coupler cross-over platform

Used for outer suburban services and with a maximum speed of 100mph

and so the side floats were deleted

150 of this design were built in 1953 – 1956

the Strand

176-4015-S EMD SD70M Union Pacific Excursion 4015 - DCC-Sound Underlay Photo-etch coupler cross-over platformIntroduced in 1992, EMD SD70M was a 4000 horsepower locomotive that ran on EMDs new steerable truck design, known as the HTCR II radial truck. This new truck allowed the locomotive to transfer its power to the rails more efficiently, which in turn enabled two SD70M locomotives to pull a train that would have taken 3 SD40 2s to pull. The DC brother of the SD70MAC, the SD70M was primarily put to work hauling coal trains due to its high pulling capacity.