N scale GE C44-9W locomotive by Kato. Factory assembled and ready to run (some detail assembly required). DCC ready for your decoder.

Features include:

• DCC ready for your decoder
• Powerful five-pole motor with all-wheel electrical pickup
• KATO straight shank knuckle couplers
• Directional headlight
• Illuminates ditch lights and number boards.
• Seperately molded handrails and new walkways with crisper detailing
• New undercarriage and fuel tank detailing
• MU hose detail
• Prototypical late type Hi-Ad trucks
• Blackened metal wheels

The headliner of GE’s 1993 freight locomotive line was the 6 motor, 4400hp C44-9W “Dash 9.” Slightly longer than its predecessors at 73 feet, 2 inches, the C44-9W used a new HiAd, bolsterless low-weight truck that was designed for better grip on the rails no matter the weather. A split cooling system lowered engine temperatures and fuel consumption as well, granting these locomotives a longer operation life and lower overhead costs.