HO SD70ACe Locomotive with DCC & Sound, KCS #4164 (ATHG75845)

An HO-scale SD70ACe locomotive with DCC and sound, modeled in the Kansas City Southern Southern Belle livery. This ready-to-run model captures late-2010s KCS power with a nose-mounted headlight, illuminated number boards, and truck lights for a realistic daytime or nighttime appearance on a layout. It includes an onboard DCC decoder and SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound, delivering engine, horn, and bell sounds that operate in both DC and DCC.

Beyond its cosmetic detailing, the locomotive is built for durable, smooth operation with a heavy die-cast frame and eight-wheel drive for strong pulling power. Realistic features include etched see-through steps, see-through cab windows with a full cab interior, walkways, lift rings, and a suite of scale details such as LED lighting, grab irons, and fine-scale handrails. It is DCC-ready for easy upgrades, uses body-mounted scale couplers and RP25 wheel contours to match common HO track, and includes two cube speakers for clearer sound. Designed to faithfully reproduce the Southern Belle scheme with prototype accuracy, it supports CV-based tuning and requires an 18-inch minimum curve radius (22 inches recommended) for best performance.