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Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - EMD SDP45 - DCC Ready - Great Northern (GN) #331 - Sky Blue/Black/White (SKU 141-63604)

Available On: October 1, 2019

The SDP45 was developed in the late 1960's and is basically a SD45 with an extended frame to allow for the placement of a steam generator at the rear of the locomotive for passenger service. They initially were generally intended for passenger service, but Erie Lakawana used theirs for freight. As Amtrak took over passenger service, some units were used by Amtrak, while others were used in commuter service. These locomotives eventually left passenger service completely and finished their careers in the early 1990's in freight service. Today, there are few of these locomotives left intact.

Features:

  • Safety tread on walkways
  • Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance
  • Factory applied wire grab irons
  • Windshield wipers
  • See through cab windows
  • Detailed and painted cab interior
  • Sliding side cab windows
  • Metal lift rings
  • Fully assembled and ready-to-run
  • DCC ready features Quick Plug plug-and-play technology with a 21-pin NEM connector
  • Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, photographs, and more
  • Accurately painted and printed paint schemes
  • Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
  • Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation
  • All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation
  • All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow
  • Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
  • LED's for realistic appearance
  • Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains constant
  • Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power
  • Minimum radius: 18”
  • Recommended radius: 22”
DCC w/Sound Features:
  • Onboard DCC decoder with SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder pre-installed
  • Sound units operate in both DC and DCC
  • Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC
  • Some functions are limited in DC
  • All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode
  • Slow speed control
  • Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights
  • Lighting effects such as beacons, Gyralight where prototypically accurate
  • Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes, CV chart included in the box

"Primed For Grime" Features:

  • Duplicated look and feel of “In Service”equipment; “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing
  • Faded base colors matched to the prototype
  • Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype
  • Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

Road Specific Features:

The Great Northern Railway purchased eight SDP45s in 1967 to replace F-units on the Empire Builder. Normally paired back-to-back, they were also used singly leading F-units. These joined six smaller SDP40 locomotives ordered in 1966 for the Western Star. After the startup of Amtrak in 1971, Great Northern Railway successor Burlington Northern Railroad converted all fourteen SDP locomotives to freight service.

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  • As-built GN-version SDP45
  • Carbody with correct walkway light placement for water fill step-ups
  • Correct placement of walkway water fills • Great Northern signboards mounted on the handrails
  • GN-version steam generator hatch and exhaust • EMD low snowplow with steam line door
  • Early “straight” coupler cut levers
  • 4-hose MU hose clusters
  • Boiler water transfer hoses front and rear
  • Front short MU stand
  • Illuminated Western-Cullen beacon effect with DCC+Sound
  • No sunshades
  • Leslie S3LR air horn
  • Firecracker antenna
  • Standard-range dynamic brake
  • Winterization hatch
  • Rear pilot mounted MU receptacle
  • 5000 gallon fuel + water tank
  • Flexicoil-C Trucks with high/low brake cylinders and Hyatt bearings
  • Dual end sanding lines
  • Era: 1967-1970






$209.98 US