40002763 Atlas Master N Scale EMD GP40, Silver DC, Undecorated

40002763 Atlas Master N Scale EMD GP40, Silver DC, Undecorated

Features:

• Directional lighting


• Walkway safety tread


• Blackened metal wheels


• Scale Speed™ motor


• Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers


• Dynamic brakes (as appropriate by railroad)


• Golden-white LEDs

Prototype Information:

Atlas' high quality N Scale locomotive is modeled after Electro Motive Division's 2000 horsepower GP38 diesel introduced in the late 1960s and built through the early 1970s and is still in service today throughout North America. The GP38 is usually identified by its two radiator fans located on top of the long hood and two small exhaust stacks.

The GP40 was produced the Electro Motive Division in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the GP40 was a 3000 horsepower locomotive best characterized by the three full size radiator fans on the rear of the roof.

The 
GP40 is a 4-axle diesel-electric road-switcher locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. It has an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine generating 3,000 hp (2,240 kW).

The GP40 is 3 feet (0.914 m) longer than its EMD 567D3A-engined predecessor, the GP35, and distinguished visually by its three 48-inch radiator fans at the rear of the long hood, while the GP35 has two large fans and a smaller one in between. It was built on a 55 ft (16.76 m) frame; the GP35 was built on a 52 ft (15.85 m) frame - as was the GP7, 9, 18, and 30. The difference in length can be seen in the GP40's ten handrail stanchions compared to the GP35's nine.^[1]

1,187 GP40s were built for 28 U.S. railroads; 16 were built for one Canadian carrier, Canadian National; and 18 were built for two Mexican carriers, Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico and Ferrocarriles Nacional de Mexico. 60 units were built with high-short-hoods and dual control stands for Norfolk & Western Railway. Two passenger versions, the GP40P and GP40TC, were also built, but on longer frames to accommodate steam generators and HEP equipment.

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