I have been trying to acquire a CSX AC4400-9W by Kato. I would have preferred to get an original, but they are long discontinued and very hard to find [sigh]. What I want to know is: Does a CSX AC4400 look radically different from any of the ones that are currently available (UP/CN/BNSF/CEFX)? Or would some minor cosmetic surgery (i.e. repositioning the number boards) make it close enough to the real thing? I don’t want to have to chop off large sections of the body shell.
To the best of my knowledge, Kato has not yet made an AC4400CW in CSX. They have, however, made a C44-9W. The CP version would be closest to CSX. Unfortunately, I don’t think Kato makes an undecorated CP version. Details West makes the GE steerable radial truck. You might need those sideframes depending on which unit you model.