Class One Model Works LM00452 EMD GP40N 1A3 Rebuild Union Pacific UP 1487 – DC

The GP40N program is part of Union Pacifics extensive rebuild initiative, transforming veteran GP40-2 locomotives into contemporary road power with upgraded electronics, improved reliability, and updated control systems. These rebuilds retained the proven 3,000-horsepower platform while incorporating refinements that have kept them active across the system in local, yard, and road service.

Designed for DC operation, it offers smooth, reliable performance with excellent slow-speed control and consistent pulling powerideal for operators who prefer traditional layouts or plan to install a decoder of their choice. Fine roof details, including correctly rendered cooling fans, along with sharp molding and prototype-accurate features.

FEATURES:

• Fully Assembled
• Multiple Road Numbers
• Countless Factory Applied Detail Parts, Such As Grab Irons, Steps, Lifting Rings, Air Hoses, Windshield Wipers, Etc.
• Precise And Quiet Slow Speed Control
• Kadee 5 Compatible Metal Couplers
• 5-Pole Skew Wound Motor
• Dual Flywheels
• CNC Machined Wheelsets With RP-25 Contour
• All Wheel Drive
• All Wheel Electrical Pickup
• Directional LED Headlights
• Quality Packaging Safely Stores Model
• 18 Inch Minimum Radius
• Detailed And Painted Cab Interior, Complete With Separate Front Wall, Floor, Back Wall, Control Stand, And Seating
• Sliding Cab Windows
• New: Cab Interior Sunshades
• Highly Detailed Blomberg Trucks Complete With Traction Motor Detail
• Three (3) Detailed 9 Blade Radiator Fans
• Highly Detailed Underframe Piping, Plumbing, Cabling, And Salem Air Filters
• Prototypical Arrangement Of Sand Lines, Which Flex With Truck Movement
• Metal Handrails And Plastic Stanchions
• 21-Pin DCC Ready Connector
• Union Pacific Road Specific Features:
  • Era: Mid-2010s To Present
  • Accurate Union Pacific Armour Yellow Paint Scheme
  • LED-Illuminated Headlights
  • LED-Illuminated Number Boards
  • LED-Illuminated Step Lights
  • LED-Illuminated Walkway Lights
  • LED-Illuminated Truck Lights
  • LED-Illuminated Ditch Lights, Arranged Correctly For Each Unit Number
  • Dynamic Brake Blister (Early Short Forward Taper) With 10-Blade Fan And Dynamic Brake Vent
  • Nathan K3LA 3-Chime Airhorn On A Stand, Mounted Between The First And Second Radiator Fans On The Firemans Side
  • Standard EMD Cab Sunshades
  • Prototypically Appropriate Arrangement Of Rear View Mirrors And Wind Deflectors On Cab Sides
  • Modified Raised Cab Doors
  • Straight Nose Grab Irons
  • 81 Inch Low Short Hood With Ratchet Handbrake
  • Nose Toilet Vent
  • Blanking Plates Over Nose And Cab Louvers
  • UP Large Snowplow With Grab Irons On Front Pilot Plate, Spare Knuckle Holders On Rear Pilot Plate
  • Late Zig-Zag Pilot Plates, As Modified By UP
  • Low Clearance Step Wells
  • 3-Hose MU Hose Clusters With Silver Gladhands
  • MU And Dummy MU Pads Are Accurate To Each Road Number
  • Pivoting Front And Rear Drop Steps
  • Chicken Wire Radiator Intake Grills With Etched Diamond Pattern Mesh Screens
  • Mix Of Etched Open Fan Grills And Etched Fan Grills With Center Caps, As Arranged Correctly For Each Unit Number
  • Large Square ECAFB Box
  • AEI Tags
  • Early Smooth Blower Duct With Added Up Blower Box
  • Rear Number Boards Removed As Per Prototype
  • Additional Grab Irons On Forward Number Board Housing As Per Prototype
  • Air Dryer Behind Fuel Tank On Engineers Side
• 1487 Specific Features:
  • Frame Mounted Electronic Bell
  • Lift-Out Smooth Cab Base Doors
  • GP40N Lettering
  • Straight Cut Levers With Extended Handles
  • 3600 Gallon Fuel Tank With Snyder Fuel Fillers, Single Vertical Fuel Gauges, Blanked Round Fuel Gauges, And Tank Top Fuel Gauges
  • Speed Recorder On Second Axle On The Engineers Side
  • 4 Tall Jack Pads, 2 Per Side
  • Vapor Air Conditioner
  • PTC Array
  • Sinclair ETD Antenna
  • Center Cap Grill Over Dynamic Brake Fan, Open Fan Grills Over Radiator Fans