176-7617 EMD SD70M CSX 4688 'Spirit of Tampa' option-set-087 Coat the area with Grass

Coat the area with Grass Glue

One of the many benefits of DCC operation is that wiring becomes simpler and easier

An 8-story corner building with a modern appearance and a front entrance at the corner cut facing the intersection

brushes and paints to make the model precise and realistic

” Larger than its predecessors and powerful enough to transform the railroad into an essential transcontinental system

176-7617 EMD SD70M CSX 4688 'Spirit of Tampa' option-set-087 Coat the area with GrassIntroduced 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.