910-9570 Walthers HO GE Dash 8-40BW -- BNSF #566Power your priority HO freight behind these WalthersMainline(R) General Electric 8 40BW diesels! Built especially for the Santa Fe for high speed intermodal service in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they were the only versions of the four axle Dash Eight built with the then new North American Safety Cab (also known as a wide cab), creating the 8 40BW. Many joined the ranks of the BNSF Railway in 1996 and were gradually bumped into local service in

Clear windows (car sides) and green-tinted clerestory windows

NOTE: NOTE: This scheme still has the squared (corner radius) lettering

durable ball-bearing wheels

Some functions are limited in DC

Assigned to Temple-Inland Inc

the cars were later updated to handle the bigger 45' trailers that came into service in the early 1980s by repositioning the hitches

Eight piece C (small window)

Turned RP-25 metal wheelsets

Paint color-matched to Amtrak standards

being reassigned and equipped for other service - TOFC

well-filtered DC supply of 7 to 22 volts

Newly designed can motor is more powerful and quieter than before