Product Information:
This Kato GE ES44AC is based on units in service from coast to coast since 2003. This diesel locomotive features a five-pole motor with dual flywheels, directional LED headlights, highly detailed body, great decoration and Kato knuckle couplers. It comes equipped with a factory-installed dual-mode TCS DCC decoder for operation on DCC layouts. The model will also run on DC systems, but cannot be operated in the same consist with non-DCC diesels. This GE ES44AC will be at home on the head end of your railroad's 2000s and later freight consists.
ES44DC:
While the AC version has proven to be the overall most popular iteration of the “GEVO”, quite a few railroads elected to use the DC versions of these engines, including the BNSF Railway, Canadian National, and CSX.
ES44C4:
The C4 is a variant of the ES44AC, using an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement with an idler axle in the center of each truck vs. the all-wheel power of its ES44AC brethren. This gives the engines the stability benefits of a six axle truck while reducing the number of traction motors from 6 to 4.