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Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SDP45 diesel locomotive
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Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SDP45 diesel locomotive
had to laugh at the look on one of our club member’s face when I recently put my SP3209 into yard switcher duty! It performed flawlessly with 20 to 30 car cuts, and the sound was fantastic. John Colley, Sonoma, CA
In purchasing two [2] of these loco’s in the GN paint with sound, I have to say that ‘Athearn’ has really out done themselves this time. The level of detail, the sound that comse from the ‘Sound Tracs’ decoder and the way each unit runs is far superior to anything they done before. Well done guy’s.
I picked up a GN version, non-sound type. This is a bootifully done puppy and saved me the kitbashing routine which I was getting ready to do. The smooth running mechanism is really nice. The only issue I had with the humperdill was the wiring harness. After hooking up a Digitrax 165 series decoder, I could not get the beacon to operate. After much head scratching, I found a wire on the harness was bad. Fortunately, I keep extra Genesis harnesses on hand and a quick replacement of the harness solved the issue.
Well done model!!